A delayed but much anticipated inauguration of Adama Barrow in front of his people took place on 18th February, following his momentous defeat of the previous Gambian presiden Yahya Jammeh.
No sooner had we left Cabo Verde in 2015, that Isabella and I resolved that we would return. And, soon. So it was that a little more than a year on, we found ourselves,...
The natural hair movement is not a new phenomenon, images of women and men with gigantic and perfectly quaffed afros dominate some of our memories of the 60s and 70s. Women and men sporting...
n many parts of the developed and the developing world, there is a seemingly, constant dialogue and inevitable tussle between modernity and tradition. This is as true of human relationships as it is in...
Mo Ibrahim is widely quoted as having said, “Cape Verde produces good people”; and Cape Verdean folklore says that when God finished creating the world, he dusted his hands and the crumbs that fell...
I landed with some other folks in Dakar, Senegal’s capital city well after midnight. By the time we had negotiated the (relatively smooth) immigration/customs posts, it was close to 2 am. The experience at...
