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Organisers of Banjul Fine Arts Festival Meet Director General For Arts and Culture

Friday, August 21, 2009

Organisers of Banjul Fine Arts Festival last Wednesday paid a courtesy call to the Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Mr Modou...

Banjul Fine Arts Festival Slated 4th January

Friday, July 31, 2009

Preparations are far advanced for the upcoming Banjul Fine Art Festival slated for 4th January 2010 at the Alliance Franco Gambienne. The fine art...

Tourism With a Difference

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The Smiling Coast Tour is on a roll, opening up new frontiers for tourism in The Gambia. Tourism in The Gambia is traditionally associated with the...

Interesting Encounters, Exhibition At Smiling Coast Tours Sports Festival

Picture: Pa Lamin Sarr

Monday, July 20, 2009

The Smiling Coast Tours Sports Festival, staged on Saturday at the St. Peters Senior Secondary school’s grounds has unearthed a demonstration of rich...

Banjul Art Festival Coming Soon

Friday, July 17, 2009

Preparations are far advanced, as the Banjul Art Festival scheduled for later this year draws near. The aim of the festival is to bring together...

World Festival of Black Arts to Kick-start in December

Friday, July 10, 2009

Preparations are remarkably in progress for the World Festival of Black Arts. The event is catalogued to take place in Dakar Senegal in December this...

Gambian Cultural Festival to Kick-Start Soon In Sweden

Friday, June 19, 2009

According to information monitor by Entertainment, preparations are on the way as many Gambians in the Scandinavian and other parts of Europe gears...

Sub-Regional Youth Music Festival In the Offing

Friday, June 19, 2009

As part of celebrating music festival globally, The Gambia is also one of the countries in the Sub-region to host a one day Sub-regional Youth music...

Gambia Kungfu Association Set for International Outing

Picture: Kungfu in action

Thursday, May 07, 2009

The Gambia Kung –fu Association has received invitation of the Senegalese Federation of Kung-fu to attend two international Kung –fu programmes...

No Longer Art for Art’s Sake

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

The forthcoming Banjul Festival of World Poetry is a great initiative. It is a local event with a global flavour. At the Roc Heights Lodge, Cape...