Mariama Khan (born 1977) is a Gambian filmmaker, poet, cultural activist and scholar. She teaches African civilization and Women in African Society at Lehman College in New York.[1]
Mariama Khan was born in 1977[2] to a Senegalese father and a Gambian mother. She grew up in Brikama New Town in the Kombo Central district of The Gambia.[1]
In the Gambia, Khan worked as acting and later director of the Policy Analysis Unit in the Office of the President. President Yahya Jammeh appointed her secretary-general of Gambia's civil service in 2010, though the appointment only lasted a few months. She was then appointed permanent secretary at the Personnel Management Office.[2]
In 2018 she wrote a public letter to President Adama Barrow, in defence of ASP Musa Fatty.[4] Fatty, who was believed to be wrongly accused of shooting at youth, was one of five police officers initially charged with murder after the deaths of three young protestors at an anti-pollution rally in Faraba Banta.[5]
Booksedit
Futa Toro: poetry, 2003
(with Bamba Khan) Juffureh : kissing you with hurting lips : poetry, 2004
(With Bamba Khan) Proverbs of the SeneGambia
"The Gambia-Senegal Border: Issues in Regional Integration", (Routledge, 2019)
Filmsedit
Sutura: Rape and Justice in Senegal
The Journey Up The Hill.
Referencesedit
^ abcBeti Ellerson, Mariama Khan, filmmaker, poet, cultural activist, scholar: Reflections on cinema culture in The Gambia, African Women in Cinema Blog, 20 July 2018.
^ abSaine, Abdoulaye S. (2012). Culture and Customs of Gambia. ABC-CLIO. p. 76. ISBN978-0-313-35911-8.
^"Mariama Khan's THE JOURNEY UP THE HILL to be premiered at Cinekambiya International Film Festival". What's On Gambia. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^Mariama Khan, a security personnel who was believed to be wrongly accused of shooting at youth protesting over environmental concerns in Faraba Bantang. Gambia: Open Letter to President Barrow - Do Not Frame UP ASP Musa Batty, Release Him and Get the True Killers, Freedom Newspaper, 20 June 2018
^Five Gambia police charged with activists' murders, news24, 29 June 2018.
External linksedit
Faculty web page at Lehman College
January 19, 2024
mariama, khan, born, 1977, gambian, filmmaker, poet, cultural, activist, scholar, teaches, african, civilization, women, african, society, lehman, college, york, born1977nationalitygambiancitizenshipgambianoccupation, filmmaker, poet, cultural, activistnotable. Mariama Khan born 1977 is a Gambian filmmaker poet cultural activist and scholar She teaches African civilization and Women in African Society at Lehman College in New York 1 Mariama KhanBorn1977NationalityGambianCitizenshipGambianOccupation s filmmaker poet cultural activistNotable workSutura Rape and Justice in Senegal Contents 1 Life 2 Books 2 1 Films 3 References 4 External linksLife editMariama Khan was born in 1977 2 to a Senegalese father and a Gambian mother She grew up in Brikama New Town in the Kombo Central district of The Gambia 1 Khan started making short documentary films as a student of Henry Felt at Brandeis University She made four documentaries in 2008 9 Sutura won a UNFPA award 1 and The Journey Up The Hill was premiered at Cinekambiya International Film Festival in 2016 3 In the Gambia Khan worked as acting and later director of the Policy Analysis Unit in the Office of the President President Yahya Jammeh appointed her secretary general of Gambia s civil service in 2010 though the appointment only lasted a few months She was then appointed permanent secretary at the Personnel Management Office 2 In 2018 she wrote a public letter to President Adama Barrow in defence of ASP Musa Fatty 4 Fatty who was believed to be wrongly accused of shooting at youth was one of five police officers initially charged with murder after the deaths of three young protestors at an anti pollution rally in Faraba Banta 5 Books editFuta Toro poetry 2003 with Bamba Khan Juffureh kissing you with hurting lips poetry 2004 With Bamba Khan Proverbs of the SeneGambia The Gambia Senegal Border Issues in Regional Integration Routledge 2019 Films edit Sutura Rape and Justice in Senegal The Journey Up The Hill References edit a b c Beti Ellerson Mariama Khan filmmaker poet cultural activist scholar Reflections on cinema culture in The Gambia African Women in Cinema Blog 20 July 2018 a b Saine Abdoulaye S 2012 Culture and Customs of Gambia ABC CLIO p 76 ISBN 978 0 313 35911 8 Mariama Khan s THE JOURNEY UP THE HILL to be premiered at Cinekambiya International Film Festival What s On Gambia 4 May 2016 Retrieved 4 October 2018 Mariama Khan a security personnel who was believed to be wrongly accused of shooting at youth protesting over environmental concerns in Faraba Bantang Gambia Open Letter to President Barrow Do Not Frame UP ASP Musa Batty Release Him and Get the True Killers Freedom Newspaper 20 June 2018 Five Gambia police charged with activists murders news24 29 June 2018 External links editFaculty web page at Lehman College Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mariama Khan amp oldid 1193013125, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,