Ebou Dibba

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Ebou Dibba (August 10, 1943, Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia – December 29, 2000, United Kingdom) was a Gambian novelist who wrote in English.

Dibba earned his B.A. in French Literature from Cardiff University. He earned his M.A. from Kings College, London.

From 1975 until 1993 he served as the director of an adult education center in Bletchingley, Surrey.

Ebou is survived by four children, with two women. The youngest is 13.

[edit] Selected works

• Olu and the Smugglers (1980)
• Chaff on the Wind (1986)
• Fafa (1989)
• Alhaji (1992)

[edit] External links

• A tribute to the late Ebou Dibba
• Obituary in The Guardian