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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

B

• 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

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

D

• 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

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

H

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

K

• Aminata Maïga Ka (1950–2005), novelist

M

• 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

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

S

• Fama Diagne Sène (born 1969), French-language novelist, poet
• Fatou Niang Siga (1932–2022), 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

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

Y

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