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Tijan Sallah was born in Serekunda, The Gambia, on 6 March 1958. [2] His mother was of Wolof ethnicity and his father was a Tukulor, who, according to Sallah, was a descendant of the ruling families of Futa Tooro.
Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof (22 October 1924 – 2 April 2011) commonly known as Cham Joof or Alhaji Cham Joof, (pen name: Alh. A.E. Cham Joof) was a Gambian historian, politician, author, trade unionist, broadcaster, radio programme director, scout master, Pan-Africanist, lecturer, columnist, activist and an African nationalist who advocated for the Gambia's independence during the colonial era.
Gambian literature consists of the oral and written literary tradition of the people of the Gambia. Oral literature, including the traditional griots and various forms of ritual poetry, has historically been the predominant type of cultural transmission in line with the wider Senegambia .
The Duwa Passion Play has a full-day programme on Good Friday. [4] It could be the oldest and the best-known Catholic pageant in Sri Lanka, coming down from generation to generation with well-preserved traditions. [5] The Duwa Passion Play, with a history of around 400 years, carries a legend, too.
The following is a list of Gambian writers B. Janet Badjan-Young (1937–), playwright; C. William Conton (1925–2003), educator, historian and ...
St Johnstone's Adama Sidibeh has been called up by Gambia as rumours of the forward moving to English clubs are played down. (Courier - subscription) Saints' Sidibeh called up by Gambia - gossip
Florence Mahoney was born in 1929 in Bathurst, Gambia, to Lenrie Ernest Ingram Peters (1894–14 February 1968) and Kezia Rosemary.Lenrie was a Sierra Leone Creole, while Rosemary was a Gambian Creole or Aku.
A German court on Thursday convicted a Gambian man of murder and crimes against humanity for involvement in the killing of government critics in his West African homeland. The killings took place ...