Nyimasata Camara
Woman of the Year Award
Biography from the original awards programme.
Nyimasata Camara is a Political Science lecturer and researcher at the University of The Gambia. She holds a BSc. (Hons) in Political Science from the University of The Gambia and a M.A. in African Studies from Ankara University in Turkey. Nyimasata is a political activist and was part of a civil disobedient group that helped end Jammeh’s 22-year dictatorial regime in 2016. She has since dedicated time and effort to building democratic values and culture in post-dictatorship Gambia through her platform on Kerr Fatou media and various engagements within the civil society.
