A mụrụ ya n' abali 31 n' Ọnwa mbụ 1961 na Banjul (a maara dika Bathurst) na mba Gambia. Bensouda bụ nwa nwanyi nke Maazi Omar Gaye Nyang, onye na-akwali Igba Mgba. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ nke Primari na Sekọndri na mba Gambia tupu Ọ gawa mba Naijiria ebe ọ gụrụ Ọka-Ikpe Ikpe na Mahadum nke di na IFE na-afọ 1986. Na-afọ nke ọzọ, onwetara asambodo na Barrista-nke-Law (BL) na Naijiria Law School. O mechara bụrụ onye ọkachamara nke mbụ na maritime law nke mba Gana mgbe onwetachara Master of laws n'International Maritime Law Institute nke di na mba Malta.