Manchester, England — When Sona Jobarteh, one of The Gambian’s most famous musicians, plucks the strings with his index finger and thumb, the airy sound of the centuries-old West African instrument Kora echoes. rice field. Under the purple stage lights of the Manchester International Festival in July — her first[Read More…]
Month: September 2021
Defiant Junta Rejects Pressure TO Let Conde Leave Guinea
Guinea’s military junta said on Friday it would not bow to regional pressure and allow President Alpha Conde, detained since his overthrow on Sept. 5, to leave the country. On Friday Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara and Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo paid a one-day visit to Conakry to ask coup[Read More…]
Political Career Of Bakary B Dabo, Leader Of Gambia For All Party
Political Career: BB Dabo’s political activism started in the 1960s through 1994. He was formally admitted into the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) led by Sir Dawda K Jawara in 1979. During BB Dabo’s membership of the PPP, he held many important positions which are too numerous to list here. Suffice[Read More…]
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