Greetings All,

 

A few weeks ago, the brilliant book “The Very Reverend J. C. Faye: His Life and Times – A Biography” was launched at the Relax Sahel Hotel in Bijilo, The Gambia. The 350-page book is authored by Dr. Jeggan C. Senghor, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London ([log in to unmask]). The publishers are AuthorHouse Publishers in Bloomington, Indiana, USA (www.authorhouse.com).

 

The biography chronicles the totality of the life of Rev. Faye focusing, in some detail, on four areas in which he made significant contributions, namely, education, the politics of liberation, the Church, and philanthropy. A review is expected in the coming weeks. Suffice it to note that this is the first output of “The Gambia: Leading Political Personalities in the Decolonization and early Post-Independence Era – The Biography Project” which, in turn, is one of several projects under “The Gambia Leadership Programme” (GAMLEAP).

 

In addition to that on Rev. Faye, other biographies to be documented under this project are Edward Francis Small, Ibrahima Garba Jahumpa, Pierre Sarr Njie and Sir Dawda Jawara. Of an earlier era is Sir Samuel Forster whose own biography would, in many ways, bring out the generational transition for the political debates and actions in the 1950s. The stand-alone biographical accounts of these six personalities (Jawara, Faye, Small, Njie, Jahumpa and Forster) will, among other things, be tracing their lives, family lineage, education, professional activities and particularly their politics.

 

The designated authors are Dr Jeggan C. Senghor – Reverend J.C Faye; Dr Abou Jeng – Pierre Sarr Njie; Professors Abdoulaye and Paula Saine – Sir Dawda Jawara; Dr David Perfect – Edward Francis Small; Dr Ebrima Ceesay – Ibrahima M. Garba-Jahumpa; and Dr Assan Sarr – Sir Samuel Forster.

 

Whilst awaiting completion of these six full-length stand-alone biographies, an edited collection/book by Dr Jeggan C. Senghor, of abridged versions is going to be published in the course of this year. Furthermore, a separate collection of short portraits of other leading Gambians, past and present, is to be authored by Hassoum Ceesay.

 

In charge of project implementation is a team of researchers in The Gambia, the UK, and the USA. Coordination and management of the whole programme will be the responsibility of Dr Jeggan C. Senghor, Senior Research Fellow, School of Advanced Study, University of London, England.

 

Meanwhile, copies of the excellent biography of Reverend J.C Faye can be obtained at: http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000913821

 

The book is also available at other on-line booksellers.

 

Regards,

Ebrima

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