Sally Singhateh
{{Short description|Gambian poet and novelist}}
Sally Sadie Singhateh (born 1977) is a Gambian poet and novelist.{{cite book|author=Abdoulaye Saine|title=Culture and Customs of Gambia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikWccownsfwZJAC&pg=PA76|accessdate=20 November 2012|date=13 April 2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35910-1|page=76}}
Biography
While interning at the Foundation for Research on Women's Health, Productivity and the Environment (BAFROW), she published several articles in The Voice of Young People Magazine, published by BAFROW and aimed at young people. In 1995, she won Merit's International Poetry Award.[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sun-Will-Soon-Shine/dp/1844011429/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277418802&sr=1-1 Amazon: About the Author], Zugriff Juni 2010
Singhateh earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and was in the process of earning a Master of Arts in Contemporary Literature in 2004. At the University of Wales, Swansea. At BAFROW, an organization that campaigns against female genital cutting in The Gambia, she worked in public relations around 2008.{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404072036/http://gamwriters.com/africa/gambia/post/2008/8/22/sally-singhateh-1977 |title=Singhateh, Sally Sadi (1977 - )}}, Zugriff Juni 2010 She then worked at the Gambian office of UNESCO, also in public relations, from 2009.[http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/files/IntScreenings.pdf International children's rights documentary film festival] PDF-Dokument{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726091357/http://www.jollofnews.com/gambia-declares-unicef-rep-persona-non-grata.html |title=Gambia declares UNICEF rep persona non grata}}, Zugriff Juni 2010
Works
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- Christie's Crises, 1988
- Baby Trouble, Nairobi
- The Sun Will Soon Shine, London: Athena Press, 2004
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