Aline Sitoe Diatta was a Jola spiritual leader and rainmaker who lived in French Senegal. Often compared to Joan of Arc, Aline Sitoe was born in Kabrousse, Basse Casamance, where she was orphaned.
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Aline Sitoe Diatta was a Jola spiritual leader and rainmaker who lived in French Senegal. Often compared to Joan of Arc, Aline Sitoe was born in Kabrousse, Basse Casamance, where she was orphaned. She moved to Dakar around 1935 to work as a domestic servant but returned to Kabrousse after receiving a vision, which she stated was from Emitai, the supreme being in Jola religious belief.
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deceased
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Lived 1920 to 1944 · aged 24
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