Fatou Khan, also Fatu or Fatoo (c.1880 - c.1940) was a Gambian administrator, who was an unofficial commissioner of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.
Khan was born circa 1880 in Njau Village in the Upper Saloum District of the Gambia and was of Wolof ethnicity.
[1] In 1910 she married according to Sharia marriage rites for a second time, on this occasion to the British Travelling Commissioner of the North Bank province, one J K McCallum.
[1] Throughout their marriage, McCallum increasingly relied on Khan to undertake his duties for him, which included collecting taxes and protecting her relatives from colonial authorities, such as her uncle, Chief Sawalo Sise.
[3] He also accused Khan of using her influence to extract bribes from local farmers which were paid in grains, such as rice and coos.