Mother of missing Senegalese student discusses her life in Paris, search
Danielle Paquette and Borso Tall, The Washington Post
Jan. 13, 2021
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Binta Sow's daughter Diary was reported missing this month after studying in France.Washington Post photo by Danielle Paquette
MALICOUNDA BAMBARA, Senegal - Nine days have blurred together this way: She sits in the living room, wiping away tears and staring at her phone. People call and call, but she longs to hear only one voice.
Her daughter - 20-year-old Diary Sow, twice crowned "best student" in Senegal - vanished from an elite preparatory school in Paris sometime after 8:57 p.m. on Jan. 3.