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)

Jawara, Augusta D. (1924 - 1981)

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Daughter of Sir John Mahoney, she was a nurse who actively participated in political life. She was a strong advocate of Women’s Rights and created in 1962, The Women’s Contemporary Society. She was married and became the first wife to Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, first president of Republic of The Gambia in 1955. They will be separated in 1967. She wrote several plays among which Rebellion published in 1968 and The African King, which she later presented, in 1966, at the Black Arts Festival of Dakar.

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