Literature & Storytelling
Tijan M. Sallah (Dr)
Poet, editor and economist
Born 1958Tijan M. Sallah is a Gambian poet, short-story writer and economist whose literary work draws on cultural memory and political experience. His collections include When Africa Was a Young Woman and Kora Land. He has also edited African poetry anthologies and coauthored a biography of Chinua Achebe.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Published When Africa Was a Young Woman in 1980.
02Coauthored Chinua Achebe: Teacher of Light with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Poetry Foundation author biography
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