"'I'm dangerous,' they said." Through tears over the phone, James Jacobs, the hip-hop artist who goes by the stage name of JJ'88, tells his father that the hearing to reduce his sentence was denied.

The BBC presents The Trials of Pa Salieu, a compelling new documentary following British–Gambian musician Pa Salieu at a critical point in his life and career. The film captures his journey as he ...

Rapper Pa Salieu returns to the stage after prison, turning a second chance into music.

WITH much of the music created while travelling around the world, the new record from Shabaka Hutchings is an intercontinental aural missile.

The Gambia today hosted the inaugural UK-Gambia Trade and Investment Mission under the theme: "Strengthening Partnerships, Creating Opportunities, Supporting Sustainable Growth", a landmark event ...

The number of small venues shrank by just nine in 2025, but more than half of them reported making no profit, while employment in the sector dropped almost 22% The number of grassroots music venues ...

The Gambia’s landmark case, accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, began in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week. The Gambia’s attorney ...

Stakeholders in the Gambia's creative industry on Wednesday met at Baobab Hotel for a two-day capacity building on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Positive Masculinity. The event, which ...

Religious traditionalists are challenging The Gambia’s 2015 ban on female genital mutilation through the Supreme Court, arguing that the practice is a deeply rooted cultural and religious tradition.

A stunning violin performance by Rob Landes featuring 60 iconic movie themes from 1938-2018! Experience the evolution of film music with these classical covers. Trump canceling GDP report comes under ...

When Yahya Jammeh fled to Equatorial Guinea in January 2017 under Senegalese military pressure and an ultimatum from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), it looked like a definitive ...

BANJUL, Gambia — Kawsu Leigh writhed in pain on the fishing boat, his burned skin as mottled as the paint on the deck beneath him. Raw and slick, the burns covered large parts of his upper body. His ...