The saga, which recounts the founding of the Mali Empire in the thirteenth century, is named after a central figure and nation builder.Īt the age of nine, Niane underwent the ritual of female genital cutting that is still practiced in some parts of Africa. Not long after Niane's birth, her father's translation of an important epic of West African history, Sundiata, was published in the West for the first time. Djibril Tamsir Niane, her father, was a prominent playwright, historian, and professor who had been educated in neighboring Senegal and France. Her heritage was Fula, the dominant ethnic group in the country. Niane was born on December 30, 1960, in Conakry, the capital of Guinea.
Her death in Paris in February of 2008 was ruled an accidental drowning.
After retiring from the runway in 1994, Niane became a women's rights advocate and campaigned to halt the practice of female genital circumcision, of which she herself had been a victim. Often referred to as the first black French supermodel, she worked for some of the country's top fashion designers, including Thierry Mugler, Paco Rabanne, Christian Lacroix, and Yves Saint Laurent. Katoucha Niane was a fashion model whose exotic, regal West African looks brought her fame and fortune in the 1980s.
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