The National Center for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and The Gambia National Commission for UNESCO on the 5th May 2022 celebrated the African World Heritage Day as proclaimed by the 38th session of the General conference of UNESCO in November 2015. The celebration that was held at the NCAC conference […]
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2 senior journalists depart for Chevening Africa Media Fellowship
The first Gambians to have been selected to attend the Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship (CAMFF) programme have joined their colleagues from ten other countries in London. They are Baboucarr Camara – a managing editor at the Gambia Radio & Television Services and Sang Mendy – the Managing Director of […]
Book Review: It’s Our Turn to Eat
Previously Reviewed 5/10/18. by Michela Wrong. Reviewed by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: I highly recommend this excellent book to students of Political Science and public policy influencers and all journalists and genuine activists. Journalists and those interested in African politics, the cankerworm of corruption, and how it is challenging to […]
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (with Kim McLarin) Harper. Review by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: In her first run for President, her opponent’s slogan was, the Stockholm Syndrome “He Killed My Ma, killed My Pa so I Will Vote For Him.” She lost that 1997 election finished second place, won by […]