Aline Sitoe Diatta

Aline Sitoe Diatta
Born1920 (1920)
Kabrousse
DiedMay 22, 1944(1944-05-22) (aged 23–24)
Known forAnti-colonial activism

Aline Sitoe Diatta (also Aline Sitow Diatta or Alyn Sytoe Jata; 1920 – 22 May 1944) was a Senegalese heroine of the opposition to the French colonial empire, and a strong young female symbol of resistance and liberty. A Jola leader of a local religious group living in the village of Kabrousse, Basse Casamance, Diatta was one of the leaders of a tax resistance movement during World War II.