Just found out that African Night Fever will be hosting Gambian kora player Sura Susso and his manding trio band. DATE Friday 28th October VENUE The View, Kings Way, Hove DOORS 9pm As with most kora players Sura, (Surahata), was born into a family of Gambian ‘griots’, the cultural figures in society across West Africa who carry the [...]
Project Gambia
Back in December 2010, Gambia Experience clients, Eleanor and her husband visited a local nursery school in Brufut and being shocked by the primitive conditions they decided to help. Eleanor explained “I realised that the couple of bags of coloured pens and pencils I had brought with me would not go far amongst 120 children, especially as they [...]
Help blind children in The Gambia receive an education
The Gambia Experience and their School Development Fund supports the international charity Sightsavers vision. “Our vision is of a world where no-one is blind from avoidable causes, and where visually impaired people participate equally in society.” Sightsavers supports the principle of inclusive education which is now accepted as the preferred approach to education. It is [...]
James English 1939 – 2011
We recently received the very sad news that James English, magus of the extraordinary projects at Mandina and Makasutu had passed away.
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