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Omid Wisdom: A Multi-Talented Artiste Climbing the Music Ladder
Versatility is what comes into the equation whenever the name Omid Wisdom pops up. The young man who grew up in the streets of…
Donkey Job: How Donkey Carts Confront Gambia’s Waste Problem
Managing waste has been a huge challenge in the Kanifing Municipality, the Gambia’s busiest region, for many decades. In some…
Jizzle Gives Fans a Sneak Peek of His Debut Album
Currently one of the Gambia’s finest artists, Jizzle last weekend gave his fans a taste of his debut album, “Finally” at Dreams…
‘Early Morning Run in… Banjul’
'Cameo' is not here. I walk to the end of the road. I look back down the narrow strip. It's not exactly the south of France. This…
Mama Africa: An Iconic Painter Who Sells Destination Gambia with Stroke of…
Arguably the nation's leading female artist operating in the tourism industry, Isha Fofana aka 'Mama Africa' has carved a niche…
Great Potential, Weak Brand: How Poor Marketing Hurts Tourism and…
Janjanbureh in the Central River Region has massive tourism opportunities and a lot of untapped resources for investment and…
Nobles: On the Forefront of Gambia’s Modern Day Musical Renaissance
Gambian music was on the downside for a long time. But thanks to the emergence of the ‘golden generation’, the music scene is…
James Island: A Treasure in Ruins
The old Fort of James Island, renamed Kunta Kinteh Island located in Juffureh, is one of the last pieces that remind us of the…
Inside Bakau Health Center Where Toilets Have no Running Water and Patients…
In a waiting area of Bakau Health Center, Isatou (not her real name) sits her young daughter on her lap waiting to see a doctor.…
Bullied and Depressed, Young Gambian Writer Finds Therapy in Her Debut Book
In school, Awa Badara Joof was always the happy jolly girl who was always smiling and warming up to everybody. That was her public…
