Career

She has a Bachelor in Drama (United Kingdom, 1959) and a Master"s degree in Communications (1979, United States of America). She has spent the greater part of her life outside The Gambia: in Sierra Leone, in Kenya, in Nigeria, and in the Caribbean. She worked for the United Nations Information Centre in Portuguese of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, before becoming Director of United Nations Information Center at Lagos, Nigeria.

She is Director of the Ebunjang Theatre complex at Kanifing South.

Achievements

• In 2012, she was one of five Gambian women honoured for their significant contribution to "the development of The Gambia in all aspects of life", receiving the "Award of Excellence".