Saffiatou Joof is a young, dynamic lady, prolific writer, activist, and poet, who started her writing career as a young girl but with aims and objectives to inspire and change the concepts that people built towards poetry in The Gambia.
Saffiatou attended Deeper Life School Primary and Upper Basic. She graduated from Gambia Senior secondary school and then proceeded to American International University West Africa, where she is studying computer science.
Her first book, “Under the Spell of Poetry” was a breakthrough in 2022, and she managed to sell 1000 copies across the country.
’ Upon that successful book launched, she founded Nna-kala Virtual Poetry Academy. And Standstill organization, the Gambia. The organization focuses on training young people in poetry, and she is also selected as the vice president of the Young Writers Association of The Gambia.
Saffiatou is working part-time with Sotuma Industrial and commercial trading as a secretary while managing her own business. Her second book “Words On war” is among the most captivating books that are making waves online. Through her network, they are supporting a few students who can’t afford to pay their tuition fees. In addition, writing has been her passion, and she is currently doing well to integrate her critical poetry style to penetrate the international market.
Her books are available at Timbooktoo, Suba Bookshop,
Amazon.com, and
bernesandnoble.com. Furthermore, she believes that talent has to be protected and nurtured. And she is proud of her Gambian friends, fans, and relatives that patronize her work and thank them for often motivating her. The book that she published last year in 2022, “Under the Spell of Poetry” is doing very well on Amazon.
Her second poetry book Words on War, which contains poems that talk about corruption, regrets, pride, abortion, black magic, prison life, divorce, etc., and that has extended to the penning of our late heroes and living legends that are doing extremely well in various fields. Her poems are based on the lives of people, her personal experiences, which are written on the lines of purely African poetry.
