Literature & Storytelling
Rohey Samba
Poet, author and communications specialist
Born 1982Rohey Samba is a Gambian writer whose poems and stories have addressed social life and public affairs. Her books include Mother Gambia… Beats, Behind My Back and Heart Songs. She also became The Gambia’s first female sea pilot and later worked in communications for the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Published Mother Gambia… Beats in 2003.
02Appointed TRRC director of communications, outreach and media in 2018.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01The Standard: TRRC appointment biography02Biographical record and bibliography
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