Africa, World

While some Nigerian video movies are produced in languages such as Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Pidgin, it is the movies in English that have moved...

Circumcision in many West African societies is a rite of passage that is part of the life cycle that marks the beginning of adulthood. Boys and girls...

Men and women in rural Gambia have very different fertility patterns, with men becoming fathers later, having more children and doing so later in...

Dress is very important in The Gambia in both rural and urban settings. This is evident by the large number of tailor shops along the sidewalks, as...

24.10.2001 In 1995 The Gambia formed its first national television station, and it has been a success ever since. Television services were absent...

The family is a universal group throughout Africa, with many different forms and functions. Everywhere the basic family unit is the elementary or...

Global warming or the greenhouse effect refers to the increase in the average warming temperature of the earths atmosphere and oceans in recent...

Grammy Awards are the Oscars of the music industry. The music industry launched its own awards thirty years after the Academy Awards were...

Mr Suelle Nachif, proprietor of the Africa Living Arts Centre(ALAC) has said that his arts gallery is the melting- point for both local and...

Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare, has debunked remarks by Prof Souleymane Mboup on BBC Focus on Africa programme as...