Augusta Jawara

Hannah Augusta Darling Jawara (née Mahoney; Mayu 1924 - 21 Janairu 1981), ma'aikaciyar jinya ce ta Gambian, marubuciyar wasan kwaikwayo kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata. Ita ce matar farko (daga 1955 zuwa 1967) na Sir Dawda Jawara, Firayim Minista na Gambiya .

 Rayuwa 
An haifi Hannah Augusta Darling Mahoney ne ga wani shahararren Kirista Aku Creole. Ita ce 'yar Sir John Mahoney, Kakakin Majalisar Dokoki ta Gambiya na farko, da matarsa, Hannah . 'Yar'uwar Augusta ita ce Louise N'Jie.

Ta yi karatu a makarantar sakandare ta Mohammedan, inda ta fara saduwa da mijinta na gaba, (shugaban gaba) Dawda Jawara,  kafin horo a aikin jinya a Edinburgh, Scotland. 

A watan Fabrairun 1955, ta auri Dawda Jawara .  An haifi ɗansu na farko a Edinburgh, inda mijinta ya koma karatu. A shekara ta 1960, ta tsaya takarar zaben Majalisar Wakilai a Zaben 1960, tana takarar Soldier Town a Bathurst ba tare da nasara ba ga jam'iyyar mijinta, PPP . Ta haka ne ta zama mace ta farko da ta tsaya a zaben Gambiya.

A shekara ta 1962, ta kafa kungiyar mata ta zamani. An samar da wasan kwaikwayonta, The African King, a bikin Negro Arts a Dakar a shekarar 1966. 

A shekara ta 1967, ita da Dawda Jawara sun sake aure, kuma ya sake komawa ga Islama. A shekara ta 1968, ta wallafa Rebellion - "watakila littafi na farko na mata, mai goyon bayan yarinya a tarihin wallafe-wallafen Gambiya da al'ada".[1] An buga shi a ƙarƙashin sunan sirri, Rebellion wasa ne game da Nyasta, yarinya matashiya a ƙauyen karkara wacce ke gwagwarmaya don ci gaba da karatunta maimakon shan wahala a auren da aka shirya.[2] A lokacin da aka buga shi, ita ce Shugabar Tarayyar Mata ta Gambiya, wanda ta taimaka wajen kafawa daga kungiyoyin mata a Babban Yankin Banjul.

 Mutuwa 
Augusta Jawara ta mutu a Landan a ranar 21 ga watan Janairun 1981, tana da shekaru 56.

 Ayyuka 

 Wasanni 

 Sarkin Afirka, wanda aka samar da shi a shekarar 1966.
 Tawayen, 1968

 Sauran 

 "The Gambia Women's Federation", Mata A Yau, Vol. 6, No. 4 (1965), shafi na 79-81. 

 Bayanan da aka ambata 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1981
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1924