December 30, 1960- February 2, 2008
Daughter of the writer and historian Djibril Tamsir Niane, Khadija Niane (called Katoucha) was born in Conakry Guinea. In her adolescent years, Niane lived a hard life. She was raped by her uncle and became pregnant after having a forced marriage. From there, she fled to Paris with her daughter to escape. And that.. she did.
Niane became a model for Thierry Mugler. She continued on to become on the first top Black models with the likes of Christian Lacroix, Yves St. Laurent etc. In 1994, she presented her own clothing line at the Escape Cardin in Paris. In 2006, she went to Dakar and created the annual “Top Ebony model” contest which jumpstarts the career of young African models. In addition to those accomplishments, Niane started the KPLCE association… Katoucha association against circumcision to stop the horrible tradition of circumcising young females (as she endured at the age of nine) and looking after the victims. Unfortunately, Niane disappeared early February 2008. Her body was found later that month in the Seine in Paris.
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