HE President Adama Barrow is cognizant of the efforts that Gambian artists especially the female artists in the economic upliftment and the production of works to reflect Gambian values and norms, says Minister of Tourism and Culture, Honourable Hamat NK Bah on the 18th May during the launching of the […]
Author: Aminata Sanneh
Gambia prepares for UNESCO quadrennial reporting on freedom of expression and cultural diversity
National Centre for Arts and Culture in partnership with stakeholders in the Art and Creative sector on the 14th March commenced a series of activities in preparation for the second quadrennial periodic reporting on freedom of expression, and promotion of cultural diversity following the ratification of the UNESCO 2005 Convention. The […]
UNESCO project to boost Gambian Female Artists’ career
The National Centre for Arts and Culture with support from the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO-Aschberg) programme will on Tuesday 1st November 2022 organise a day-long consultative meeting on Elaboration on Regulation for the Culture and Creative Industries. He added that this will strengthen the competitiveness of […]
Gov’t covid-19 measures inspired by 18th-century cholera epidemic – Minister Bah
The Gambia government has drawn inspiration for the policy during the peak of the covid-19 pandemic from artifacts at the National Centre for Arts and Culture on the measures taken by the colonial government in 1869 when some parts of the country had a cholera epidemic, says Tourism minister Hon. […]