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Scholarly review of Hassoum Ceesay's Gambian Women: Profiles and Historical Notes

Gambian Women: Profiles and Historical Notes authored by Hassoum Ceesay has got a raving review by Dr Toby Green in the October 2011 issue of the highly respected academic journal of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. The book published in May 2011 by Fulladu publishers of Kanifing seeks to highlight the role of women in the social and economic development of Bathurst (Banjul) in the middle decades of colonial rule, and also profiles the careers...

Dawda Faal (*** - 2011)

Dawda Faal, Gambian History Teacher, has passed awayFor those who attended Armitage High School in the eighties, D Faal will be remembered as one of the most prominent history teachers who had great passion in instilling the values of great Africans and African history to the young minds of the time. Dawda Faal was a peculiar personality whose love for Pan Africanism and Africa's redemption was unequivocal. Dawda Faal has a long teaching career particularly as a history teacher. From 1964 to...

Peoples and Empires of Senegambia

By Dawda Faal

Edward Francis Small: Watchdog of The Gambia

by Nana Grey-Johnson

The Story of the Newspaper in The Gambia

By Nana Grey-Johnson To be reviewed soon!

The Liberated Slaves and the Question of the Return to Africa

by Dr Florence Mahoney This a small book of 35 pages written by Dr Florenc Mahoney. Its title The Liberated Slaves and the Question of the Return to Africa is followed by a subtitle From the Slave Trade to the Challenge of Development. The purpose of this book is not only to express the obstacles faced by liberated slaves after returning to their motherland but also to show the important development roles they played in commerce, religion, politics, language and education in the lands they...

Sidibeh, Alhaji Bakary

The traditionalist

Gambian Women: An Introductory History

Friday, April 18, 2008 Publishers: Fulladu Publishers, Kanifing ISNB: 9983 – 8800 – 58 Paperback; 128 pages In the preface to the book Gambian Women: An Introductory History, the author Hassoum Ceesay justifies his selection of the women whose stories are told in the book. He writes: “The women profiled in this book lived in different times; yet, most of them were outstanding because they were able to succeed in their callings amidst a hostile environment of patriarchy, colonialism and...