The Electrocution … At Brikamaba the apprentice, hanging by one arm on the back of the gele-gele, assured me that the vehicle was traveling to Janjangbureh ‘Macatty’ so, as I was going there, I clambered aboard the rusty wreck and squeezed in beside a lady with an infant in one hand and a chicken in…
‘Tales of a traveling Toubabo’ Masaneh could arrange anything. Working as the restaurant manager of the Fajara Hotel way back in 1987 he would welcome every tourist making them feel as though they were the most important guests ever to grace the beaches of his beloved Gambia. He could diffuse an effusive squabble between a…
Wise Gambians have often advised me to avoid using ‘Gele-geles’ for longer trips. It has always sounded like good advice so this time I opted to take the early morning Express from Brikamaba to Kombo. 05:45 at the bus stop ‘uliha’, I sneaked onto the Express unnoticed and placed my bag directly behind the driver’s…
