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Ballaké Sissoko pictured in 2020. Photograph: ©Benoit Peverelli Last February, Sissoko’s historic instrument was disassembled on a flight home to Paris. Bolstered by a new kora, his latest album revives their borderless journey Wed 7 Apr 2021 10.00 EDT In the Malian language Bamanankan, djourou – the title of Ballaké Sissoko’s forthcoming album – means string. “It’s the string that connects me to others,” he says. For this master of the kora, it is also the string that broke. Last February, Sissoko returned to Paris after a US tour with his trio 3M...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a practice in The Gambia despite the ban by the State. There is a law criminalizing this traditional practice, which has been declared medically harmful. However, many Gambian women who are standing against this practice said the Government should do more in terms of implementing the law. FGM is termed as cutting or the total removal of the female external genital organ for non-medical purpose. It is considered as a human right violation that affects the social wellbeing of women. The practice is a deep-rooted culture which is still carried out in The G...

Gambia launches US $30m rice value-chain development project February 8, 2021 92 Views The government of The Gambia through the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday launched an ambitious regional rice value-chain development project worth about 30 million dollars at a local hotel. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), BADEA and the government of The Gambia is funding the project, which seeks to address the value chain in rice and reduce rice importation. At the launch, Amie Fabureh, minister of Agriculture said that IsDB and BADEA are providing the necessary support to help unleash the potential i...

Research Article Estimated impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumonia mortality in South Africa, 1999 through 2016: An ecological modelling study Jackie Kleynhans , Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing Affiliation School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United St...

Monday, February 15 Global Village celebrates Presidents’ Day with music from artists who ran for or won the office of president – including Dizzy Gillespie, Fela, Ruben Blades, and Michel Martelly – plus Les Ambassadeurs (because every president has some), and Brenda Fassie’s tribute to South African President, Nelson Mandela. Tuesday, February 16 Global Village! To celebrate Fat Tuesday, Global Village heads to several carnival hot spots, including Brazil for some samba, Trinidad for calypso and steel drum music, and the Crescent City for the Mardi Gras Indian group Wild Tchoupitou...