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Prof Sulayman Nyang honoured  The
Department of African Studies held a colloquium in honor of Professor
Sulayman Nyang on Wednesday, November 16 at 2:30 pm in the auditorium of the
Blackburn Center on the main campus of Howard University. This was followed
by a reception at 6 pm in the Gallery Lounge, also in the Blackburn Center. At
this reception, Professor Nyang was presented with a Life Time Achievement
Award. Among the guest were Professor Ali Mazrui who delivered a
tribute to Professor Nyang, Professor Mbye Cham of Howard Universiy, Dr. Sukai Prom-Jackson
and Dr. Tijan Sallah (World Bank economist and renowned Poet and writer). Professor
Sulayman Nyang is a naturalized citizen of the United States of America.
Originally from the Republic of the Gambia in West Africa, his career as an
Africanist and professor of African Studies spans more than 32 years. He joined
the faculty of the African Studies Department at Howard University, shortly
after graduating from the University of Virginia with the Masters of Arts in
Public Administration and went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Government in 1974,
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Professor David Gamble  Professor David Gamble, an San Francisco State University anthropologist, who has written extensively on The Gambia, passed away on 8 October 2011. Professor Gamble has written on the Mandinka and the Fula and has published dictionaries, folktales, grammar books and bibliographical materials.Today, he is credited with 151 works in 271 publications in 3 languages and 2,585 library holdings. Some of his works and other information on him can be obtained on the following links: The Gambia Studies series In Roderik Knights film, Music of West Africa: The Mandinka and their Neigbors, published in 2005, two scenes were filmed by Prof Gamble between 1970 and 1987. |
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URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT THE GAMBIA COPYRIGHT OFFICE UNDER THE NCAC HAS STARTED REGISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT WORKS AS STIPULATED IN THE GAMBIA COPYRIGHT ACT 2004. AUTHORS WHO HAVE PUBLISHED BOOKS OR MONOGRAPHS ARE INVITED TO PICK UP A REGISTRATION FORM FROM THE NCAC ACCOUNTS OFFICE AND REGISTER. REGISTRATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS TO MAINTAIN A RECORD OF THE WORK, PROOF OF OWNERSHIP IN CASE OF COPYRIGHT DISPUTE AND HELPS TO PUBLICIZE THE RIGHTS OF THE AUTHOR. REGISTRATION IS A STEP TOWARDS ENJOYING ROYALTIES FROM WORKS USED. From Mr Hassoum Ceesay, Director of Copyright Bureau, The Gambia Writers' Association of The Gambia (WAG) 
The Association shall be a
voluntary, non-profit-making, non-partisan, non-religious and non-segregationist
organization. The registered office of the Association shall be situated in the
Greater Banjul Area of The Gambia. The Association shall aim to serve the cause
of the advancement of writers in The Gambia and to promote a progressive
literary culture among Gambians, Africans and the rest of the world’s peoples. |
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