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Literature & Storytelling

Fodeh Baldeh

Poet, publisher and language educator

A Gambian legacy

Fodeh Baldeh is a Gambian writer, editor and founder of Fulladu Publishers. His publications include poetry and works supporting English and Fula language learning. A Fate of an African President drew on his imprisonment after the 1981 coup attempt, while his publishing work supported a wider Gambian literary community.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Published A Fate of an African President in 1996.

02Authored Njanngen Pulaar and a dictionary of Gambian Fula.

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