Unlike Yousou Ndour of Senegal or Alpha Blonde of Ivory Coast, The Gambia’s Kora maestro Jaliba Kuyateh has always chosen the path of convenience in his music, avoiding sensitive social and political issues such as official corruption, police brutality, state-sponsored assassinations, marginalization and tribalism. Despite the Sir Dawda Jawara administration’s[Read More…]
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Jaliba, Police Band, Others Lined Up For GRA Tax Awards Night Tomorrow
Gambia’s Kora maestro and his Kumareh band are expected to join forces with the police band and a luminous line-up of Gambia artists to provide entertainment for the GRA tax awards night tomorrow. Government officials, representatives of corporate bodies, tax payers and invited guests will later this Saturday converge at[Read More…]
You Fatty Passes Away
Business tycoon You Fatty has died on Sunday, JollofNews can report. The man, whose name reverberated across the sub-region and beyond through Jaliba Kuyateh’s song titled Dakar You Fatty, reportedly passed away in Dakar Sunday evening. Sources said You was expected to grace, with his presence, a planned performance by[Read More…]
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