President Barrow’s Christmas speech in full
Fellow Gambians,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Tomorrow is Christmas Day, which is an important day on the solar calendar. As we look forward to celebrating it, we must thank the...
Tribute to a fallen Daughter of Africa: Clarrie Mendy 1959-2020: Gambian-British Pan-Africanist, anti-slavery activist...
By Hassoum Ceesay, National Centre for Arts and Culture
The demise last Saturday of Ms. Clarrie Mendy, a Gambian-British woman of substance has robbed us of a great...
Lamin N. Dibba: A Giant Passes on Fulfilled
There is a refrain in a certain Mandingka circumcision song that is replete with meaning and it certainly captures the right mood as one of the outstanding...
BABA GALLEH JALLOW – STORY: The adventures of Alkatan – 9
By Baba Galleh Jallow
As Nyinya walked home she kept laughing nervously to herself. She still felt some fear, but she was reassured by Alkatan’s words. She now...
Alhaji Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara(1924-2019), FRCVS: the Scientist-President
By Hassoum Ceesay, The Gambia National Museum, Banjul
Introduction
One year since his demise, Gambians continue to pay homage to our elected Founding Father, as a democrat and champion...
STORY: The adventures of Alkatan – 3
By Baba Galleh Jallow
When Alkatan and the man arrived at the Alkalo’s compound, Kiyanka was seated in the royal chair under the mango tree in front of...
TRIBUTE: Sally P.C Njie(1932-2020), (The Gambia’s First Librarian; Pioneer Chief Librarian of The Gambia...
The Mother of Library in The Gambia is Gone!
By: Hassoum Ceesay, Historian
Aunty Sally P.C Njie died this week at the ripe age of 88. She was the...
BABA GALLEH JALLOW – STORY: The adventures of Alkatan – 2
By Baba Galleh Jallow
The people of Tonya Kunda were so happy that Degere had changed so much after Alkatan threw him down. Now they knew he would...
From insisting national interest underpins his addresses to warning Gambians against breaking the curfew,...
Fellow Citizens,
Residents of The Gambia,
It is now obvious that no one is immune to the Coronavirus and its impact. The recent increase in the number of cases,...
TRIBUTE: Alhaji Tamba S Kinteh (1952-2020)
I'm compelled to pen a brief tribute by virtue of our special relationship. A relationship you had with countless others.
With the passing of Alhaji Tamba S. Kinteh,...
TRIBUTE: Alhaji M. I. Sambou-Gassama(1947-2020): Gambian linguist, diplomat and author
By Hassoum Ceesay, Historian
Alhaji Muhammed Imam Sambou-Gassama, who died last Friday in Banjul, aged 73, was a veteran Gambian diplomat, linguist and author with numerous book titles...
HASSOUM CEESAY – TRIBUTE: Alhaji Alieu Mboge(?-August 2, 2020): Gambian Public Administrator and Banjul...
By Hassoum Ceesay, historian
The demise last weekend of Alhaji Alieu Mboge has robbed The Gambia of a successful Public Administrator of four decades standing, and a ranking...
SAINEY DARBOE – BOOK REVIEW: ‘Never doubt…’
From the title of the book,’Never Doubt’...one might be forgiven for nurturing aspirations of living by its meaning.
But the experiences of the man who co-founded Gunjur-Marlborough link...
Turkey 15 July 2016 coup: Q&A featuring Turkey top diplomat in Gambia Tolga Bermek
Tuesday 15 July marks four years of an attempted coup on the rule of Recep Tayyib Erdogan, an act that shocked the world. In the Q&A below,...
America on its 244th birthday: Dark skies, canceled parades, but also new hope
By Marc Fisher, Washington Post
As statues tumble and a frightening virus spreads through the land, far fewer splashes of color will burst onto the night skies across...
Missing in Action: Jongkunda Daffeh, Gambian Philosopher, Journalist and Activist
By Hassoum Ceesay
Jongkunda Daffeh was born in 1947. In 1967, he finished at the top of his A Levels Class in Pure Maths! ‘But I had prize...
I am the Captain of my Soul, Master of my Fate
By Baboucarr Camara
SEOUL – It’s 3:45 a.m. here; most people are in bed. It’s nine hours behind in The Gambia, precisely 6:45 p.m. Instead of getting enough...
SENEGAL – Hiba Thiam: The promising young woman who died during a party
By Usuman Ceesay, our reporter in Dakar
Died under troubled circumstances at a party for rich kids, Hiba Thiam is portrayed in some media quaters as a party...
Women leaders exemplify equality in The Gambia
By Kathryn Edwards
On any given Tuesday, in the small West African nation of The Gambia, something unusual in the history of U.S. diplomacy happens; when the U.S....
I met a man in Russia. It turns out he is the husband of...
Grrr...Grrrr! A BBC breaking news alert rocked my iPhone on a Sunday evening isolating me from the rest of the world. Just as I would react to...
