The grandson of Alex Haley will alongside Malick L. Manga visit The Gambia tomorrow to celebrate the internationally-acclaimed book Roots. Roots is an award-winning book authored by Alex Haley. The work lays bare the tragedies of the transAtlantic slave trade. Bill Haley (Jr. ) and Makick L. Manga are expected[Read More…]
Tag: Gambia
Beauty Redefined In Gambian Banks
Not so long ago, it was a struggle for dark-skinned women and ladies of other dark variants to acquire frontline banking jobs such as cashier and teller positions but fast-forward to now, there appears to be a shift in the narrative. The country’s banking sector had, for many years, tenaciously[Read More…]
Gambia Must Not Be Dragged Into This Casamance Conflict
Incinerated farmlands, flying rocket-propelled grenades, refugee influx, drone attacks, shooting of civilians, gun battles along the frontier and others, we could not mention here, have become stark reminders of the conflict at our doorstep. Yes, we are effectively in war times and it’s a war that’s not our war! Unlike[Read More…]