Michael Hamadi Secka (1963- )
Michael
Hamadi Secka was born in 1963 in Basse. After attending Armitage High
School, he was trained as a teacher at The Gambia College. A seasoned
educationist, he is presently the Principal of Kalagi Upper Basic
School. Michael Hamadi Secka has published several poems, articles and
brochures for students.Literature For Gambian Upper Basic Schools was published in Banjul in 2000. It is a collection of literary texts 65 pages long.
The book is divided into three parts: 14 poems by the author, 10 hunting stories collected in Kaur in 1982 and a play in two acts about the trial and the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela. Michael Hamadi Secka’s book clearly shows his desire to talk about issues germane to the socio-cultural environment of his target-audience: the student population.
