Amadou Diallo better known as the Diallo “Picci” has flyed towards glory and fame by dint of perseverance and audacity. On May 05, 2025 commemorating his reminder to God in 1998, return on the journey of a man passionate about birds. The most famous road to Thiaroye bears his name: Tally Diallo. This is the story of a young Foutanké who landed in Dakar in anonymity to become famous thanks to the sale of birds. Hence the nickname “Diallo Picci”. A destiny that took off at the age of 15. Born in 1918, he already began to manage on the landingll in the island of Gorée where he dives to recover coins thrown by tourists. Later, he will be employed as a foreman in a fishing plant. This step will change the course of his life because it is in this factory that the click will happen. Amadou Diallo notes that many friends of his employer come to his house to admire birds. It smells a good vein and decides to go and catch birds to sell them to Europeans. It begins with Dakar birds before gradually spreading inside Senegal. The young man thus begins to stand on his own two feet. Diallo Picci, without knowing it, embarks on a site that will make it rich. He travels the regions of Senegal in search of rare species. Back in Dakar, he went to the Kermel market to sell his birds to Europeans, who tore them. Dreams full of head, money starting to flow with waves, he decides to conquer the international market. Diallo Picci decides to go to Europe. In his field in Thiaroye, he developed a large concession just to house birds. Which will assert a few mockery. It is from these mockery, moreover, that we stick the nickname “Diallo Picci”. These remarks and mockery, “Diallo Picci” are not careful. Rather, he thinks of enlarging his activities. Diallo’s activity arouses interest in President Léopold Sédar Senghor who echoed this Foutanké who attracted Europe. And the Head of State to decide to visit the Coisellerie in Thiaroye. It was when the latter came to visit Amadou Diallo, that he had demanded the construction of the tarmac road leading straight to his friend Foutanké. The story of Amadou Diallo is proof that it is possible to take charge in hand with daring. The enthusiast died on May 05, 1998 at the age of 80, leaving behind an inheritance that still makes people talk. Like what, it is enough to deploy your wings and to dream of big. Arama Arama
