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THERE WAS A MAN FROM THE GAMBIA a poem by Tijan M. Sallah

THERE WAS A MAN FROM THE GAMBIA by Tijan M. Sallah (for Professor Sulayman Sheih  Nyang) There was a man from the Gambia, He went to St. Augustine's High School, Hampton University, and Virginia. He studied under Irish Catholics priests who taught him the Bible, And Latin, Mathematics, Science, Literature, and other riddles. There was a man from Leman Street; He was known in Half-Die and Buckle Street. He learned the Quran under famous Gambian teachers. Pa Tijan, Tafsir Demba Ndow, Pa Kebba...

PRESS RELEASE: GAMJOBS TO SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN CULTURE (PERFORMING ARTS)

PRESS RELEASE GAMJOBS TO SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN CULTURE (PERFORMING ARTS) The Gambia Priority Employment Programme (GAMJOBS),the GAMBIA GOVERNMENT 's attempt to operationalize the National Employment Policy and National Employment Action Plan, in response to increasing unemployment and poverty in The Gambia, particularly among women and youth. The overall objective of GAMJOBS is to create an enabling environment for employment creation in order to develop a skilled, versatile...

Tribute to M. F Singhateh: (1936-2011)

Tribute to M. F Singhateh:  (1936-2011) Civil Servant, diplomat and Writer By Hassoum Ceesay Momodou F. Singhateh who passed away October 30, 2011 was an experienced civil servant, diplomat and writer of two profoundly useful but little noticed books: A Day in Their Lives (1984) and British Colonial Administrative System on the Anvil (1996). But it is his illustrious career in the Gambia colonial and post colonial Civil Service that he is more noted for. He joined the colonial Civil...

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...

Professor David Gamble - Reactions to his demise

Dr Tijan Sallah (Economist and Poet/Writer)  I have never met D.P. Gamble but have exchanged a few sporadic correspondences in the 1970s and 80s--- and also purchased a few of his compilations of material on colonial and pre-colonial Gambia. He was undoubtedly one of the best anthropologists to work on the Gambia--- and preserved a vast reservoir of the Gambia's cultural memory in published and unpublished monographs. He was always curious, even when we last communicated, about clarifying...

Professor Sulayman Nyang, Howard University, 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...

WAG trains upcoming writers

After organizing a workshop on fiction writing in May earlier this year, the Writers’ Association of The Gambia (WAG) took it upon itself to train young and upcoming writers during a three-day workshop on book editing, illustration, layout and design. The training, which took place from 1 to 3 October 2011 at the NaNA conference hall, was sponsored by the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO. Ruth Ajola Carrol, illustrator and printer, gave a lecture on telling by drawing: illustrating...

WAG trains upcoming writers

After organizing a workshop on fiction writing in May earlier this year, the Writers’ Association of The Gambia (WAG) took it upon itself to train young and upcoming writers during a three-day workshop on book editing, illustration, layout and design. The training, which took place from 1 to 3 October 2011 at the NaNA conference hall, was sponsored by the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO. Ruth Ajola Carrol, illustrator and printer, gave a lecture on telling by drawing: illustrating...

Is a writer born or made?

Is a writer born or made? Article by Momodou Dudu Touray, Gambian writer A Writer Is Born! The age-old debate over writing rages on. Is a writer born or made? It has become like the philosophical question of the hen-or-the-egg. My own path will try to shed light on this dichotomy. It started in 1978 and I was a primary five pupil in Serekunda school (The Gambia). My class-teacher, Mrs. Jainaba Jaye, a conscientious, intelligent and caring woman, took great interest in my writing skill....

Writers’ Association Workshop On Creative Writing - Foroyaa Newspaper

By Amie Sillah on 18-05-11 on Foroyaa Newspaper The Writers’ Association of the Gambia (WAG) has received a grant from the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO (NATCOM) to conduct a workshop on creative writing with emphasis on fiction writing. The workshop was conducted by Pearson Education Publishers UK from Monday May 9 to Friday May 13, 2011 at the Senegambia Beach hotel. Sally Howes, Watermark Publishing, publishing and project management was the lead facilitator of the workshop....