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Testimony of An African Immigrant: A Promise To my Father by Saikou Camara
By Sainey Darbo
From his elevated perch at Union Pacific, Saikou Camara is thousands of miles away from his humble beginnings in the impoverished West...
The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman
By Ken Bugul
The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman. By Ken Bugul. Translated by Marjolijn de Jager. 159 pp. Brooklyn: Lawrence Hill...
A Geocritical Representation of Banjul Gomez, Pierre and Houssum Ceesay (2017). A Geocritical Representation of Banjul (Bathurst) 1816-2016. Global Hands Publishing. Pp 317
One of the most common problems with scholarship dealing with African history is that it is usually limited to countries with purported richer historical...
Behind the scenes in Wollof marriageWollof Marriage: narratives and interpretation of motives by Tijaan Kamara, Daaraji Publishers, 2017, 62 pages
Review by Hassoum Ceesay
This monograph of 63 pages deals with an essential aspect of the life cycle of the Wollof people who live in...
Behind the scenes in Wollof marriageWollof Marriage: narratives and interpretation of motives by Tijaan Kamara, Daaraji Publishers, 2017, 62 pages
Review by Hassoum Ceesay
This monograph of 63 pages deals with an essential aspect of the life cycle of the Wollof people who live in...
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