Heroine of the fight against colonization, Ndaté Yalla Mbodj (1810 – 1860) was a great sovereign of Waalo, the historic region of present-day Senegal. Linguists Daughter of Fatim Yamar Khouriaye Mbodj and Amar Fatim Borso, Ndaté Yalla Mbodj was born in 1810 in the kingdom of Waalo, resulting from