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.

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## B

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* Mariama Bâ (1929–1981), French-language non-fiction writer, novelist, feminist
* Sokhna Benga (born 1967), French-language novelist, poet
* Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (active since 2000s), French-language novelist, journalist
* Ken Bugul (born 1947), French-language novelist

## C

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* Aïssatou Cissé (born c.1970), novelist, political advisor

## D

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* Nafissatou Niang Diallo (1941–1982), French-language novelist, autobiographer
* Nafissatou Dia Diouf (born 1973), French-language short-story writer, novelist, children's writer
* Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland (born 1972), French-language essayist, novelist, journalist
* Mame Younousse Dieng (1939–2016), Wolof-language novelist, poet
* Fatou Diome (born 1968), French-language novelist, short story writer

## F

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* Khadi Fall (born 1948), novelist, former government minister
* Kiné Kirama Fall (born 1934), French-language poet

## H

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* Khady Hane (born 1962), French-language novelist, playwright

## K

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* Aminata Maïga Ka (1950–2005), novelist

## M

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* Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (born 1926), French-language poet, children's writer
* Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté (1924–2001), French-language poet, educator
* Penda Mbow (born 1955), historian, non-fiction writer
* Diana Mordasini (active since 1990s), journalist, novelist

## N

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* Mariama Ndoye (born 1953), French-language novelist, short story writer

## S

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* Fama Diagne Sène (born 1969), French-language novelist, poet
* Fatou Niang Siga (born 1932), French-language essayist
* Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), French-language novelist, consider the first published novelist from French Black Africa
* Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1956–2004), poet, children's writer
* Khady Sylla (1963–2013), novelist, short story writer, filmmaker

## T

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* Rama Thiaw (born 1978), screenwriter
* Myriam Warner-Vieyra (1939–2017), Guadeloupean-born Senegalese novelist, poet

## Y

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* Rama Yade (born 1976), politician, non-fiction writer

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