Patience Sonko-Godwin is a renowned Gambian who has produced much work in the history, culture and traditions of the people of the Senegambia Region.

She received her first degree in History and English at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone, West Africa and her masters at the University of California Santa Barbara, California. She taught History and English in St Helena Secondary School and returned to her native Gambia to teach mainly history in  Nusrat Senior Secondary School in Bundung and later in Hermann Gmeiner Senior Secondary School, Bakoteh , both in the Greater Banjul area.  

She taught for fourteen years in Nusrat Senior Secondary School where she rose to the position of Acting Vice-Principal She later joined the National Council for Arts and Culture as the Principal Cultural Officer of the Research and Documentation Division.

She retired from this position and in now fully engaged in research and writing on aspects of the history of the region. She also delivers lectures to students, scholars, and various social groups at home and from abroad. She is also a consultant.