Amie Joof Cole

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Amie Joof Cole (often Amie Joof ; born January 9, 1952 in Bakau ) is a Gambian radio journalist.

Life

Joof was born as a child to Kebba Balla Modi Joof and Sunta Kamara in Bakau .

She attended St. Joseph's High School and Gambia High School (now Gambia Senior Secondary School ) in Banjul and studied adult education at the University of Ghana in Legon.

From 1971 she worked for Radio Gambia (today Gambia Radio & Television Service ). From 1983 she was Head of the Rural Broadcasting and Adult Education there . From 1989 to 1994 she produced and hosted radio programs on family issues. After all, from 1998 she was acting manager of the broadcasting company.

In 1980 she married Ebrima Cole (d. 2016), who also worked for Radio Gambia, and had several children with him.

In 1984 she co-founded the women's rights organization GAMCOTRAP , which campaigns against female genital mutilation , and was its president from 1991 or 1993 to 1997.

From 1993 she was on the board of directors of the National Women's Council . From 1996 she worked for the Gambia Family Planning Association (GFPA) founded by Samuel J. Palmer .

From 2001 she was director of the African Women's Media Center in Dakar (Senegal) before being appointed director of FAMEDEV ( Reseau Inter africain pour les femmes, medias et développement or Inter-Africa Network For Women, Media, Gender and Development ) in 2003 has been. Around 2008 she lived in Dakar (Senegal) and was a co-founder of Radio Alternative Voice (Radio AVG). The editorial team was based in Senegal, since the Gambia did not have freedom of the press under Yahya Jammeh , as can be seen from the closure of Citizen FM . The radio was aimed at Gambian listeners and was primarily intended to provide information on human rights issues.

She was also General Secretary of the West Africa Women's Association (WAWA) of the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS)

Since 2018 she has been a member of the 11-person Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), whose aim is to develop proposals for a new constitution in the Gambia .

Joof Cole says he speaks English and French as well as Wolof , Mandinka , Fulfulde and Krio .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Elizabeth Sleeman: The International Who's Who of Women 2002 . Psychology Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3 ( google.de [accessed September 12, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Amie Joof. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Amie Joof | Development Networks. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ TRIBUTE: He was excessively humble and won't even kill a fly: Tribute to Ebrima Cole, Gambia's Iconic media leader and head of Information and broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
  5. ^ Former Director of Information passes away. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
  6. ↑ EBRIMA COLE, VETERAN BROADCASTER LAID TO REST. In: Foroyaa Newspaper. July 30, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ Gamcotrap boss cross-examined. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Women under-represented in media - report. May 26, 2003, accessed September 13, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Gambia: Journalists Launch Online Radio | Balancing Act - Africa. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Joof Cole, Amie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joof, Amie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian radio journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bakau