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Martha Sambe is a writer from Nigeria. Her work has been published by Nigerian media and news outlets including Stears Business, TheScoopNg, and the Election Network.

Personal Life
Born to Nigerian parents in the north-central state of Kaduna, Sambe mostly grew up in Nigeria's capital city, Abuja. Due to the nature of her parents' jobs, their family moved around much of the northern region before finally settling in Abuja early in the 2000s.

Sambe is the youngest of three female children. She identifies as a queer woman and an intersectional feminist.

Professional Life
Sambe received her West African Secondary School Certificate from the Federal Government Girls' College, Bwari, Abuja. Afterwhich she earned a Bachelor's Degree from the [|American University of Nigeria], in Yola, Adamawa State. Sambe holds a Masters in Development Economics and International Cooperation from the [|University of Rome, Tor Vergata].

She has worked at One Economy Corps, in Washington DC, United States, during a semester abroad. She joined the Economic Section of the American Embassy in Abuja after graduating from University. Shortly after, she was deployed to participate in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps where she worked as a development worker with an NGO, Education as a Vaccine (EVA).

Sambe left EVA to pursue a master's degree and returned after a year to join her alma mater as the Special Assistant to the President at AUN. She left AUN to establish herself as a writer. Sambe has since worked as the Chief of Ambassador’s Bureau at the Embassy of Israel in Abuja, Nigeria, and has work has been featured in Stears Business where she was the Development Columnist before joining The ScoopNg as an Editor. Her work has also been featured in The Election Network, and Clue.

Alongside two others, Sambe is a recipient of the 2019 grant from the [|Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)]. Their work attempts to assess the contributions of Nigerien migrants within the receiving community of Benin City, in Edo State. A forthcoming paper titled “The migration and informal market nexus: A study of Nigerien forex traders in Benin City” will be published by CODESRIA.

Sambe is fascinated by and interested in documenting African Traditional Religions. This makes up her current research interest. She writes monthly about various topics in African Religions and publishes them at African Religions.