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Welcome to the Gambian writers' website

This website has been built up to address the ardent need to promote Gambian writers and researchers and Non-Gambians who have written on The Gambia. We urge those who have any contribution to send it to us.

We thank all those who make this venture possible.We hope our modest contribution in documenting works of Gambian and Non-Gambian writers and researchers will help you as you surf through these pages.

Good reading!

Cherno Omar Barry, PhD (cobarry@gamwriters.com)

Cobra

Repository of our literary history
Plumbed the depths of prose and poetry
In search of our ancestral mystery
Sweating and stretching with drudgery
Not minding who gets the pump and pageantry
So long as we triumph in common as country
You stand among our heroes unsung but strong
Surely you will feature well in history
Among the likes of Ebou and Lenrie
Spark on with verve, search on oh Cobra
To seek and tell should remain your mantra

Poem dedicated by Momodou Sabally

News and Events

Max The Cat

Balafong

Several young enterprising and intelligent Gambians came up with the idea of Balafong as an avenue to share ideas and show appreciation to literary skills. Amran Gaye, Latirr Carr and Sana Sarr, with a couple of others created the Balafong online blog, the Facebook page and Word of Mouth. They have gone further to organise events harnesing the youthful energy in music, poetry, drama, prose and other literary skills.
They need all the support anyone can give.

Balafong Mag

Balafong Facebook Page

Writers' Association of The Gambia (WAG)

The Association shall be a voluntary, non-profit-making, non-partisan, non-religious and non-segregationist organization. The registered office of the Association shall be situated in the Greater Banjul Area of The Gambia. The Association shall aim to serve the cause of the advancement of writers in The Gambia and to promote a progressive literary culture among Gambians, Africans and the rest of the world’s peoples.

URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT

The Gambia Copyright Office under the NCAC is registering copyright works as stipulated in the Gambia Copyright Act 2004. Authors who have published works or monographs are invited to contact the NCAC and register their works. Registration is important because it helps to maintain a record of the work, proof of ownership in case of copyright dispute and helps to publicize the rights of the author. Registration is a step towards enjoying royalties from works used.

From Mr Hassoum Ceesay, Director of Copyright Bureau, The Gambia

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