List of Senegalese women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Senegal or whose writings are closely associated with that country.B
- Mariama Bâ, French-language non-fiction writer, novelist, feminist
- Sokhna Benga, French-language novelist, poet
- Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum, French-language novelist, journalist
- Ken Bugul, French-language novelist
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- Aïssatou Cissé, novelist, political advisor
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- Nafissatou Niang Diallo, French-language novelist, autobiographer
- Nafissatou Dia Diouf, French-language short-story writer, novelist, children's writer
- Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland, French-language essayist, novelist, journalist
- Mame Younousse Dieng, Wolof-language novelist, poet
- Fatou Diome, French-language novelist, short story writer
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- Khadi Fall, novelist, former government minister
- Kiné Kirama Fall, French-language poet
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- Khady Hane, French-language novelist, playwright
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- Aminata Maïga Ka, novelist
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- Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, French-language poet, children's writer
- Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté, French-language poet, educator
- Penda Mbow, historian, non-fiction writer
- Diana Mordasini, journalist, novelist
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- Mariama Ndoye, French-language novelist, short story writer
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- Fama Diagne Sène, French-language novelist, poet
- Fatou Niang Siga, French-language essayist
- Aminata Sow Fall, French-language novelist, consider the first published novelist from French Black Africa
- Fatou Ndiaye Sow, poet, children's writer
- Khady Sylla, novelist, short story writer, filmmaker
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- Rama Thiaw, screenwriter
- Myriam Warner-Vieyra, Guadeloupean-born Senegalese novelist, poet
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- Rama Yade, politician, non-fiction writer
