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‘Culture: integral in development’

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Nancy Njie, the secretary of state for Tourism and Culture, has said that culture is becoming more recognised as an integral component in the...

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Black arts festival on course - Says Alioune Badara Beye

africa » gambia » bakau

Monday, September 01, 2008

In an attempt to place arts and culture of the black world at the centre stage of development, Alioune Badara Béye, the general coordinator of the...

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Thank you Roots organisers

africa » gambia

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Editor,Please allow me space in your widely read newspaper to commend the organising committee of the just concluded Roots Homecoming Festival hosted...

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Focus on inter-faith dialogue

africa » gambia » bakau

Friday, June 27, 2008

For the first time in the history of the International Roots Homecoming festival, a communique on interfaith dialoque was signed. The one and half...

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Focus on International Roots Festival

africa » gambia

Friday, June 06, 2008

The word culture means the belief, system, way of life customs, values and ideas, that are shared and accepted by people in a particular society. The...

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Roots investment forum ends

africa » gambia » kololi

Monday, June 02, 2008

As part of series of activities marking the 9th edition of the International festival,The Gambia Investment Promotion and Free Zones Agency (GIPFZA),...

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Gambia musicians established new union

africa » gambia » kololi

Friday, May 16, 2008

The musicians of the Gambia last Friday and Saturday gathered at the conference hall of the Paradise suites hotel to set up a new union that would...

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A ‘Kankunrang’ centre for Janjanbureh

africa » gambia » janjangbureh

Friday, May 16, 2008

The Kankurang, a traditional Mandinka masquerade, forms an instrumental part of the cultural heritage of that ethnic group. While for some it serves...

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Janjanbureh host Kankurang traditions workshop

africa » gambia » central river region

Friday, May 09, 2008

The town of Janjanbureh in the central river region (CRR) will be the host to a four day national workshop on Kankurang traditions, from the 8th to...

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9th Edition of the International Root Festival

africa » gambia

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Gambians are on the march again for the celebration of the 9th edition of the International Root Festival scheduled for 30th May - 7th June...

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