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Current Feed ContentUko lauds International Root FestivalThe just concluded International Homecoming Root Festival has been rated as the strongest and best in West Africa. Speaking to Tourisphere at the offices of the Daily Observer recently at the end of this memorable festival, Mr Ikechi Uko, Chief Executive Officer of African Quarterly Travel, has applauded and rated the International Root Festival as the best among the five international events that have global recognition in West Africa. Ikechi Uko who was accompanied by Mr B Nkeruwem, the...President Bai Koroma’s visit "A homecoming"indeed!It is an absolute delight to hear President Ernest Bai Koroma utter these warm and moving words in the context of his visit to The Gambia. In my children’s Fula tongue, home is "hotte" and it is indeed a word pregnant with warm feelings and thoughts, all totally positive. President Koroma did not mention it in his impromptu dinner speech produced here, but Sierra Leoneans and Gambians have blood ties going back hundreds of years. As readers may have seen from our current series, "A history of... |