Ebou Dibba

Ebrima Dibba, known as Ebou, was born on 10 August 1943 in Bathurst, to a Mandinka paternal family from Baddibu, and grew up in the Wolof culture of his mother. The first Gambian to hold three A-levels, he studied classical French literature at Cardiff, taught English for a year in Toulon and obtained a master's degree at King's College London. From 1975 to 1993 he directed the adult education centre at Bletchingley, in Surrey, and was made a member of the Order of the British Empire. He died in England in 2000.

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• NovelChaff on the WindEbou Dibba · 1986Literature