THE GAMBIA

Gambian Literature and Writings

The following information on Gambian Writers is meant to be shared with those interested in Gambian authors and their works. Many thanks to Dr Jean Dominique Pénel, the coordinator and director of the research and to whom this is dedicated, Dr Mamadou Tangara, (Coordinator, The Gambia-EC projects), Dr Pierre Gomez, (Senior Lecturer, University of The Gambia) and Mr Saihou Bah (Principal, Sheikh Mass Kah School)

Dr Lenrie Peters

Lenrie Peters was born Lenrie Leopold Wilfred Peters on September 1st1932 in Bathurst and a descendant of a long line of West Indian...

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The Second Round

Dr Peters published his first novel, The Second Round, in 1965. It became the first novel published by a Gambia. Below is a synopsis: From...

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Selected Poetry

In 1981 he published his Selected Poetry. This collection is very much similar to a personal anthology. It is composed of 104 poems: 28 extracted...

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Katchikali

What magic spells held the first men, wandering in darkness heads bowed to draw breath, refuge from toil and say this is our home Katchikali Four...

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Satellites

In 1967, Dr Peters published Satellites, a collection of 55 poems where intimate emotion is combined with a deep meditation on human dignity and...

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Poems

His first collection of poems was published in Nigeria in 1964. It is entitled Poems. A update will follow soon.

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Peters, Lenrie (1932 - 2009)

We Have Come Home We have come home From the bloodless wars With sunken hearts Our booths full of pride- ...

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TRIBUTES

A LITERARY GIANT HAS FALLEN

By Cherno Omar Barry, Lecturer, University of The Gambia Mark Anthony said, in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, that the good is oft interred...

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TO MY LATE FRIEND DR. LENRIE PETERS: The Gambian Vessel Emptied of its Poetry

In Appreciation, By Dr. Tijan M. Sallah[i] Dr. Lenrie Leopold Wilfred Peters, the Gambia’s renowned surgeon, poet and novelist, has left us for...

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LENRIE PETERS: THE EAGLE-EYED SOCIO-POLITICAL OBSERVER

By Dr Pierre Gomez Senior Lecturer University of The Gambia Dr. Lenrie Peters is one of the premier writers to come out of The Gambia within the...

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Special Lenrie Peters

Gambian Writers

Badjan Young, Janet

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Baldeh, Fodeh (1948- )

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Banutu-Gomez, Michael Ba

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Ceesay, Momodou (1945 - )

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Ceesay, Saikou S.

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Cole, David

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Colley, Essa (1962 - )

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Conateh, Swaebou (1944 - )

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Dampha, Lanfafa (1965 - )

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Dibba, Ebou (1962 - 2000)

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Faal, Samba

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Forster, Dayo

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Gaye, Ebou Ibrahim (1968- )

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Grey-Johnson, Nana (1951- )

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Jallow, Baba Galleh

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Jallow, Musa (1963- )

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Jatta, Cherno (1956- )

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Jawara, Augusta D. (1924 - 1981)

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Joof, Joseph H. (1960- )

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Khan, Mariama (1977 -)

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Othman, Ramatoulie

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Peters, Lenrie (1932 - 2009)

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Phillott-Almeida, Ralphina

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Ramatoulie Onikepo Othman

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Roberts, Ben

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Roberts, Gabriel J. (1929- )

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Saho, Bala (1963- )

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Sallah, Momodou

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Sallah, Tijan Momodou (1958 - )

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Sarr, Sheriff Samsudeen (1951 - )

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Secka, Michael Hamadi (1963- )

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Sey, Essa Bokarr

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Silla, Baaba

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Singhateh, Momodou

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Singhateh, Sally Sadi (1977 - )

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Thomas, Charles Sarr

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Wadda, Mary

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Wheatley, Phyllis (1753 - 1784)

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