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January 2018
Questioning the “Logic of the System”: Generating Counter Development Narratives for Emerging Countries.
On Friday the 12th January 2018, Global Hands in Collaboration with De Montfort University will host; Questioning the “Logic of the System”: Generating Counter Development Narratives for Emerging Countries. The one-day conference as part of the Mboka Festival 2018, will bring together 80 scholars, academics, policy makers, practitioners and students, to critically examine narratives and counter-narratives to development, with the following objectives of amplifying missing Southern voices in dominant mainstream narratives amongst others. For more info visit: www.questioningthelogic.our.dmu.ac.uk
Find out more »The First Stake in the Nation Forum’ (SNF1)
The First Stake in the Nation Forum' (SNF1) is organised on behalf of the Migration and Sustainable Development in The Gambia Project (MSDG) by Professor Gibril Faal to be held at the Kairaba Hotel on Saturday 13th January 2018. His Excellency President Adama Barrow will deliver the Keynote address with a number of Ministers and Heads of Non-Government Agencies including the Swiss Ambassador to The Gambia, conveying statements on migration and sustainable development in the Gambia. This conference brings a…
Find out more »Mboka Festival Poetry Night
UK- based Jamaican-British Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, British composer and multi-instrumentalist Tunde Jegede and Natalia Molebatsi, a South African writer, performance poet and cultural worker will be the headlining artists at this year's Mboka festival poetry night. This exclusive event will be held at the Ebunjan Theatre on Saturday 13th January 2018 at 8.00 pm.
Find out more »April 2018
Gambian Presidential & Diaspora Meeting
H.E. High Commissioner Francis Blain, Prof Gibril Faal FRSA, OBE, JP & Ms Katharine Ford FRSA, (Directors of GK Partners) have the pleasure of welcoming you to the Gambian Presidential & Diaspora Meeting at The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4BS, on Friday, 20 April 2018 at 5.00 PM to 10.00 PM. Keynote Address: His Excellency President Adama Barrow. LIVESTREAM
Find out more »January 2019
Second Stake In The Nation Forum (SNF)
SECOND STAKE IN THE NATION FORUM SNF2 Keynote Address: His Excellency President Adama Barrow Stake in the Nation Forum (SNF) is mandated as an annual consultative event in the Gambia Diaspora Strategy and The Gambia National Development Plan (page 117, NDP 2018-21): “SNF will diaspora groups together to engage with government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, as well as NGOs and CSOs, on a wide range of developmental matters.....to contribute to formal policy, as well as strategic, thematic and sectoral consultations initiated by…
Find out more »December 2019
Book Launch: ‘Sweat is Invisible in the Rain’, A Memoir by Cherno M. Njie
Links: http://www.kerr-fatou.com/a-story-is-best-told-by-the-protagonist/ https://www.amazon.com/Sweat-Invisible-Rain-Cherno-Njie/dp/B07XZJY7KP
Find out more »3rd Annual Diaspora Club
Event with: Viviane Chidid, Bakane Seck & Jali Madi Kanuteh Gala Dinner: 31st December 2019 Dance: 1st January 2020 Location: Pencha Mi Hall, Paradise Suites Hotel, The Gambia Contacts: +1 (404) 539 9862 / +44 7413 553 829 / +46 762 291 530 / +47 971 60 897 https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Charity-Organization/The-Diaspora-Club-The-Gambia-300980537499522/
Find out more »January 2020
Homecoming & Homegrown 2020
Homecoming & Homegrown 2020 is a networking of Start-Ups, Entrepreneurs from the Diaspora and successful Homegrown Businesses in Gambia. Date & Time: Thursday, 2 January 2020; 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: Metzy Residence Hotel, Palma Rima Road, The Gambia Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/homecoming-2020-tickets-85318075661
Find out more »‘Questioning the logic of the system’
Conference: 'Questioning the logic of the system: Generating counter narratives' Date & Time: Friday, 10 January 2020; 09.00 to 17.00 Location: Manduar Development Hub Brikama Area Council (BAC), The Gambia Contact: msallah@dmu.ac.uk
Find out more »SNF 3: Third Stake in the Nation Forum
Consultative dialogue as mandated in the National Development Plan (NDP 2018-21) Date & Time: Saturday, 18 January 2020; 09:00 to 19:00 Location: Kairaba Beach Hotel, Kokoli, The Gambia Contact: asecka@gkpartners.co.uk / (+220) 928 8666 Link: http://gambiandiaspora.net/
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