Matilda Johnson

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Matilda Alica Cynthia Johnson (rarely Mathilda ; born August 7, 1958 in Bathurst, now Banjul ) is a Gambian librarian and writer.

Life

Johnson graduated in 1984 at Loughborough College and earned in June 1988 at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University ) a Bachelor's degree in Library and Information Science (Librarianship and Information Studies) . She later received a Masters in these subjects.

From at least the mid-1980s she worked as a librarian for the Gambian National Library and was a librarian at the Management Development Institute (MDI) until around 2004 .

Around 2014 she was Deputy Director General of the Gambia National Library Service Authority (GNLSA), which is the sponsor of the Gambian National Library . In 2015 she took over the post of Director General of the National Library.

Johnson is a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals .

She is married to James Johnson and has two sons and two daughters with him.

Other activities

In 1999 she helped as a UN volunteer at the independence referendum in East Timor .

In addition to professional activities, Johnson has been involved in the Methodist Church since at least 2003 . She was elected Chair of the Albion Methodist Lower Basic School Board in 2009 and has served on the Wesley Methodist Contemporary Nursery School Board since 2012 . She is also involved in the Gambia Christian Council and the Education Advisory Council .

Around 2010/2011 she was President of the Gambian Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). In 2011 she was elected Vice President of the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women (WFMUCW) with responsibility for West Africa.

At least from 2010 to 2013 she was chair of the organization PRO-HOPE International The Gambia (PHIN Gambia). During the same period she was active for the Network on Gender Based Violence (NGBV).

Publications

By the end of the 1990s at the latest, she published literary works in various newspapers and magazines. In 2005 she published poems in the anthology The Repeal and other poems , which Hassoum Ceesay described as the most important Gambian feminist publication since Augusta Jawara's Rebellion (1968).

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 10th Joint European Area Seminar | The Methodist Church in Ireland. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  2. ^ Henry Guppy, Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile: Library Association Record . Library Association., 1990 ( google.de [accessed June 20, 2019]).
  3. ↑ a b Gambian Writers. Retrieved June 19, 2019 .
  4. ^ Gambia National Library: Annual Report . Gambia National Library, 1988 ( google.de [accessed June 20, 2019]).
  5. ^ Henry Guppy, Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile: Library Association Record . Library Association., 1990 ( google.de [accessed June 20, 2019]).
  6. ↑ United Nations: Synthesis of the 2004 the Gambia - UN country team development forum . United Nations House, 2005 ( google.de [accessed June 20, 2019]).
  7. ↑ cobra71: The Repeal. In: Gambian Writers. March 23, 2005, accessed June 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Editor: "Gambians need to develop a reading culture ...." Says the Deputy DG of National Library Service. July 30, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ Gambia National Library hosts exhibition commemorating Golden Jubilee. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  10. ^ LA Record . Library Association, 1999 ( google.de [accessed June 20, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Gambia: Methodist District Women Observe Quiet Day. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  12. ^ YWCA commemorates international women's day. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Gambia: Ywca (gambia) in Partnership With Wywca "On Sexual And Reproductive Health Sharing" With Govi ​​Women And Men. Accessed June 20, 2019 .
  14. ^ Gambia: World Methodist Council President Meets VP. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  15. ^ Gambia: Pro-Hope International Organizations Inter-Tertiary Debate Competition. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  16. ↑ PRO-HOPE International convenes forum on gender-based violence. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Gambia: 'Women and Girls Continue to Be Victims of Gender-Based Violence'. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  18. ^ Network on gender-based violence trains law enforcers, others. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Gambia: GBV Poses Threat to Productivity of Women in Development. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Freedom . PDOIS 'Editorial Board, 1998 ( google.de [accessed June 20, 2019]).
  21. ^ The Repeal. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
  22. ↑ A strong poetic voice The Phoenix: A Collection of Poems by Juka Jabang Fulladu Publishers, 2012, 78 pages. In: The Standard Newspaper. March 21, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Matilda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Matilda Alica Cynthia; Johnson, Mathilda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian librarian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Bathurst, now Banjul