Podcasts about The Gambia

Politicians and policymakers in Africa are increasingly incorporating historical tourism into national development agendas. They are renewing efforts to make museums and archives central to preserving collective memory, fostering cultural identity, and promoting social cohesion, while also seeking to boost economic growth through heritage tourism. Yet, museums and heritage institutions in Africa face hurdles, including underfunding, inadequate climate control, and postcolonial identity crises. These challenges are compounded by urbanization, community disputes over ownership of artifacts, and the struggle to repatriate historical treasures from Europe and elsewhere.However, the main challenges limiting the growth and sustainability of African heritage institutions include reduced government funding, low visitor numbers, and a lack of both public and private patronage. In the Gambia, the National Center for Arts and Culture (NCAC) is leading efforts to advance the country's history and cultural heritage as part of the national development agenda. Established by an Act of Parliament in 1989, the NCAC serves as the primary government body responsible for the preservation, promotion, and development of Gambian arts and culture. Its strategic role involves protecting cultural assets, bridging cultural heritage with national development, and fostering economic growth through tourism.In this episode, our colleague in The Gambia, Osman Kargo, speaks with Hassoum Ceesay, historian and Director General of the NCAC, about the institution's significance and the role of history and culture in The Gambia's national development agenda.

Medical missionaries are often called upon to provide care that is beyond the scope of their training and previous experience. This interactive case presentation looks at the realities of clinical decision-making in a critically ill snakebitten patient, and offers suggestions on how to navigate similar challenging situations.

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Used Bicycles Heading to Gambia Elijah McCloskey(photo courtesy Unbroken Chain bike shop) When he was 16, Elijah McCloskey found himself homeless and unemployed.  After visiting the Freewheel Bicycle Cooperative, he was able to build himself a free bicycle.  A bicycle meant mobility, and mobility meant he could hold down a job.  Elijah served as executive director of that same Freewheel shop until 2020. His latest project involves collecting donated bicycles and shipping them for kids to use in Africa.  Elijah McCloskey joined the Monday Buzz on July 13, 2026. Featured image: Gambian man hauling goods with a bicycle (Photo by Olatz Artola, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post “Unbroken Chain” Delivers Bicycles from Madison to Gambia appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

The veteran United States senator, Lindsey Graham, has died at the age of seventy- one. His office said he'd suffered a brief, sudden illness. Graham was an influential voice on defence and foreign policy, and was a vocal supporter of Ukraine, and of military action against Iran. His death came s US forces launched their third round of strikes on Iran this week in response to Iranian forces hitting a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Also in the programme: We talk to a woman campaigning in The Gambia to save a ban on female genital mutilation which is seen worldwide as a human rights violation. And we have an interview with the grand daughter of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain about the conditional pardon she has been granted by King Charles. (Picture: A picture taken on July 10, 2026, shows U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) looking on as he speaks to the media after his meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.Credit: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenk)

Preached at the Healing Jesus Pastors' Conference at Banjul, Gambia on the 8th July 2026

Preached at the Healing Jesus Pastors' Conference at Banjul, Gambia on the 8th July 2026

TWiP reviews the projected impact of climate change on the burden of Cryptosporidium in Mali, Kenya, and The Gambia. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Impact of climate change on Cryptosporidium (J Inf Dis) Letters read on TWiP 283 TWiP study – information and survey Become a patron of TWiP  Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees

From French colonists who settled here 300 years ago to Vietnamese immigrants arriving in the 1970s, newcomers to the Crescent City have made significant contributions to the evolution of New Orleans cooking. On this week's show, we celebrate the ways immigrants continue to shape the city's culinary identity. We begin with Arvinder Vilkhu and his son Ashwin, who recount the story of their restaurant, Saffron Nola. Here, diners enjoy the Vilkhu family's personal blend of Indian and Creole flavors that earned a Best New Restaurant nomination by the James Beard Foundation just months after opening. Then, we hear from Jimena Urrutia and Marcelo Garcia, the talented husband-and-wife team behind one of the city's most innovative eateries: Empanola. Combining their South American heritage with local flavors, they have transformed traditional empanadas into authentic tastes of Louisiana and beyond. Finally, Fanta Tambajang shares her journey from her home in Gambia to her French Quarter restaurant Bennachin. You may already know and love her classic jama jama and fried plantains from the Jazz Fest where Fanta has been a sensation for decades. For more of all things Louisiana Eats, be sure to visit us at PoppyTooker.com.

From French colonists who settled here 300 years ago to Vietnamese immigrants arriving in the 1970s, newcomers to the Crescent City have made significant contributions to the evolution of New Orleans cooking. On this week's show, we celebrate the ways immigrants continue to shape the city's culinary identity. We begin with Arvinder Vilkhu and his son Ashwin, who recount the story of their restaurant, Saffron Nola. Here, diners enjoy the Vilkhu family's personal blend of Indian and Creole flavors that earned a Best New Restaurant nomination by the James Beard Foundation just months after opening. Then, we hear from Jimena Urrutia and Marcelo Garcia, the talented husband-and-wife team behind one of the city's most innovative eateries: Empanola. Combining their South American heritage with local flavors, they have transformed traditional empanadas into authentic tastes of Louisiana and beyond. Finally, Fanta Tambajang shares her journey from her home in Gambia to her French Quarter restaurant Bennachin. You may already know and love her classic jama jama and fried plantains from the Jazz Fest where Fanta has been a sensation for decades. For more of all things Louisiana Eats, be sure to visit us at PoppyTooker.com.

Understanding how values and communication styles differ across cultures is key to succeeding internationally. That’s why training in cross-cultural communication has become commonplace in the international business world. In this session, we’ll look at 6 dimensions of cross-cultural communication and their application to medical scenarios.

In de nacht nadat Marokko Nederland versloeg op het wereldkampioenschap voetbal, duiken wij nog wat verder in het Afrikaanse voetbal. Maar dan wel in een hele andere kant van het spel.   Want waar voetbal in Nederland de belangrijkste bijzaak van het leven is, kan het in landen als Gambia en Ghana het verschil zijn tussen een leven in extreme armoede of een leven in overvloed. En daarmee zelfs het verschil tussen leven en dood.   Journalist Loïs van Wijnen gaat in gesprek met journalist en schrijver Hugo Verkley. Voor zijn boek Gelukszoekers op voetbalschoenen reisde Hugo het Afrikaanse continent over, op zoek naar jongens met een voetbaldroom.   Allemaal willen ze het maken in Europa en schitteren in het shirt van Manchester United of FC Barcelona. Maar de weg daarnaartoe is vrijwel onbereikbaar. Sommige jongens wagen per boot de oversteek naar Europa, in de hoop dáár bij een club te kunnen aankloppen. Anderen worden in hun eigen land gescout en kunnen via een academie de voetbalwereld in. Maar dat zijn er maar weinig. De dromers, dat zijn er veel – en vaak gaat dat dromen ten koste van alles.  

On the 129th episode of Shirley's Temple, I sat with Salma Slims & 24Hrs, the stars of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta! Listen as we discuss the What You Like video w/ Wiz Khalifa, doing Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, Erica Banks beef, being vegan & why they stopped, visiting Salma's home country of Gambia, key to happy marriage & more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With nearly 1.3 billion disabled people in the world, we assume that the medical community focuses on physical health. But who is helping people with the emotional and spiritual impact of disability? In this session, we will explore the emotional and spiritual impact of disability and how the church and global workers can effectively support the disabled community with this critical need.

Houston Texans DE Ali Gaye shares his incredible journey from The Gambia to the NFL and CB Brandon Codrington talks walking on at North Carolina Central and fighting for a roster spot in 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five years after China eliminated absolute poverty, its development experience continues to draw attention across the world, particularly in Africa. In this episode, guests from The Gambia, China, Rwanda and Namibia examine how Africa can draw on China's experience and pursue development paths tailored to its own realities.

Here's the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Vute (Vɨ́tè), a Mambiloid language spoken mainly in northern Cameroon, and also in Nigeria. Manjak (Manjáku), a Bak language spoke in Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and the Gambia. Weh (Kɨ́wí), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon. New numbers pages: […]

Washington has confirmed that Iran's World Cup players have been issued visas to enter the United States, ten days before their first match in Los Angeles. The team will be based in Mexico during the tournament, but all three of their group stage matches will be held in the US. Iranian media are reporting that some staff travelling with the national team are yet to be given visas. Also: Downing Street hits out at ''people seeking to stir division'' after JD Vance blamed the murder of a British student on the "mass invasion of migrants". The crew of the International Space Station get the all clear after being put on standby to evacuate because of leaks. President Putin firmly rejects Volodymyr Zelensky's invitation to have face-to-face talks about ending their war. Why some politicians in France are unhappy about a banquet craze taking over towns and villages. And the actor Anthony Head who starred in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso has died at the age of 72.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.ukPhoto: Iran's Amir Razzaghinia, Ali Nemati and Hossein Kanani line up during the national anthems before their International Friendly against Gambia in May 2026 Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Debutants Curacao are about to break an all-time World Cup record.Spearheaded by veteran coach Dick Advocaat – soon to be the oldest coach in the tournament's history – the Caribbean island are the smallest-ever nation to make an appearance at the finals with a population of only 160,000.So what should you know about the brilliantly nicknamed Blue Wave before they make their bow on the global stage this month?In the second episode of our four-part series on the 2026 World Cup debutants, we're focusing on Curacao –a non-independent country that is part of the Netherlands and has as many Europe-born players as first opponents Germany.Plus, Graham Potter calls up a member of the Swedish nobility in defence and Iran's final friendly opponents Gambia lose their football boots.Chapters:00:00 – Intro02:48 – The coach: Dick Advocaat's age record05:40 – The players: Only Chong born in Curacao09:15 – Qualifying: VAR scare versus Jamaica12:05 – Group: Germany, Ivory Coast & Ecuador15:50 – Gustaf Lagerbielke: Sweden's defensive baron17:42 – Gambia: DJ visits and lost football boots

Nurse Karen Kelly joins Jess to explain why she's raising funds to travel to Gambia. https://www.gofundme.com/f/1-cardiologist-28-million-people-help-karen-change-that

James Baile, along with two complete strangers (one of which hadn't ridden a bike since he was 13!) packed their Bromptons into IKEA bags and flew to Dakar. What followed was two weeks riding through Senegal and The Gambia: navigating Dakar rush hour, camping on school playgrounds by invitation of village chiefs, pushing loaded folding bikes through sand that felt like treacle, and sparking conversations with strangers over football allegiances.In this episode we talk about:How a Facebook post about the Tropic of Cancer set the whole thing in motionWhat it's actually like to tour on a Brompton Riding a route that goes from the edges of the Sahara Desert  to the beginnings of West African forestThe reality of border crossings into Senegal and The Gambia for European travellersTaking an overnight ferry back to Dakar with Bromptons as hand luggageWhy going somewhere with zero expectations means everything exceeds themJames's next big adventure  connecting a journey he started back in 1986Give James a follow via his instagram - @jamesb.adventures and you can also listen to the previous episode with him here. Check out Old Man Mountain's new Manzanita Handlebar Cradle  Support the showBuy me a coffee!I'm an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including:

For review:1. US SOUTHCOM X: SOUTHCOMCommander Gen. Francis L. Donovan (USMC) personally inspected all aspects of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's security posture, leading a comprehensive perimeter security assessment and discussing force protection, operational readiness, and measures to ensure the safety and security of service members, their families, and the joint force stationed at the installation with base officials. 2. US President Donald Trump put off his decision on the memorandum of understanding with Iran after demanding his team secure more concessions on Iran's nuclear program.3. The US military stopped a merchant vessel trying to break through its blockade of Iranian ports by firing a missile into its engine room, the US Central Command said on Saturday.The Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings from US forces overnight as it tried to enter an Iranian port, the military said. 4. Bloomberg: An Iranian ballistic missile strike has targeted a major US military hub in Kuwait on Saturday, May 30, wounding multiple personnel and destroying high-value aviation assets.According to intelligence and military sources, Iran deployed a Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile targeting the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. 5. CNN: Iran has salvaged entrances to dozens of missile facilities struck by the US and Israel in the recent war, a Sunday report said, as the Islamic Republic continues to rebuild its military infrastructure amid ceasefire talks with the US.Citing satellite images, Iran has been able to dig out 50 of 69 tunnel entrances at 18 separate underground missile facilities across the country. It has also repaired other damaged areas of those bases, including key access roads that the US and Israel bombed during the war.6. Israel captured the historic Beaufort Castle and the surrounding strategic ridge as it pushed deeper into Lebanon, the IDF announced on Sunday.7. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses the Shangri-La dialouge on May 30, 2026. The head of the Pentagon called on U.S. Western Pacific allies to maintain military strength and called on China not to disrupt the regional equilibrium while praising the current state of affairs between Washington and Beijing.8. Japan's defense minister has pushed back against Chinese allegations that Japan's push to broaden regional defense cooperation was “new militarism,” saying that Tokyo's increased defense spending and broader regional footprint has been conducted in a transparent fashion with regional security in mind. 

VOV1 - Trong bối cảnh đàm phán ngoại giao chưa mang lại hiệu quả, tình trạng đối đầu trên thực địa giữa lực lượng Mỹ và Iran tại eo biển Hormuz và các vùng phụ cận, tiếp tục diễn biến phiến tạp, tiềm ẩn rủi ro bùng phát xung đột quy mô lớn. Bộ Tư lệnh Trung tâm Mỹ đặc trách khu vực Trung Đông (CENTCOM), tối qua thông báo lực lượng Mỹ đã tấn công và vô hiệu hóa thêm một tàu hàng tìm cách vượt qua phong tỏa của hải quân Hoa Kỳ áp đặt đối với các cảng của Iran. CENTCOM cho biết vụ việc xảy ra trước đó một ngày tại vịnh Oman và phương tiện bị tập kích là tàu M/V Lian Star mang cờ Gambia. Theo cáo buộc của CENTCOM, tàu Lian Star không tuân thủ cảnh báo của hải quân Mỹ tới hơn 20 lần, buộc chiến đấu cơ Hoa Kỳ phải xuất kích và phóng tên lửa Hellfire vào phương tiện này để ngăn chặn. CONTCOM khẳng định tàu Lian Star đã bị vô hiệu hóa và không thể di chuyển. Tuy nhiên, tình trạng của các thủy thủ trên tàu không được đề cập.    Như vậy, kể từ khi áp đặt phong tỏa hải quân với các cảng của Iran từ ngày 13/4, lực lượng Mỹ tuyên bố đã vô hiệu hóa 5 con tàu và buộc 116 phương tiện khác phải quay đầu, đổi hướng di chuyển.Phản ứng với động thái của Mỹ, quân đội Iran tối qua ra tuyên bố cảnh báo lực lượng vũ trang Iran sẽ nhắm bắn mọi tàu quân sự tìm cách can thiệp vào hoạt động quản lý của Tehran đối với eo biển Hormuz, hoặc cố tình gây rối tại tuyến hàng hải này. Bộ Tư lệnh Trung tâm hợp nhất quân đội Iran Khatam Al Anbiya khẳng định Tehran vẫn đang toàn quyền kiểm soát eo Hormuz, khuyến cáo tất cả các tàu thương mại lưu thông qua đây phải tuân thủ lộ trình do Iran chỉ định và phối hợp chặt chẽ với hải quân của Vệ binh Cách mạng Hồi giáo Iran (IRGC).    Trước đó, nghị sỹ Alaeddin Salimi, thành viên cấp cao trong Quốc hội Iran chiều qua cho biết cơ quan này có kế hoạch thông qua luật về chính thức hóa quyền kiểm soát của Iran đối với eo biển Hormuz. Theo nghị sỹ Iran, đề án liên quan sẽ sớm được thảo luận công khai trong xã hội, trước khi đưa ra bỏ phiếu tại Quốc hội Iran để trở thành luật. Sau khi phong tỏa eo biển Hormuz như biện pháp đáp trả hành vi gây chiến của Mỹ và Israel cuối tháng 2/2026, Iran liên tiếp tiến hành các bước đi nhằm củng cố và mở rộng quyền kiểm soát đối với tuyến vận tải dầu huyết mạch này. Biện pháp của Tehran khiến nguồn cung dầu mỏ toàn cầu rơi vào tình trạng căng thẳng, đẩy giá nhiên liệu tăng vọt. Nhiều quốc gia châu Á và châu Phi vốn phụ thuộc chủ yếu vào nguồn cung dầu và khí đốt từ Trung Đông, đã phải ban bố tình trạng khẩn cấp quốc gia về năng lượng. Bá Thi/VOV-CairoVị trí eo biển Hormuz. (Ảnh: Reuters)

The practice of healthcare is inherently powerful, and our patients are vulnerable to our power. Though power can be abused, the righteous use of power, for the benefit of the vulnerable, is profoundly Christlike. We will explore the lessons of power which help us understand our roles, including the fundamental nature of professionalism and key kingdom strategies of healthcare missions.

In this episode, we spotlight the Writers Association of the Gambia and its efforts to build a vibrant literary community, featuring Dr. Cherno Omar Barry, the Association's President, who shares inspiring insights into how Gambian writers are boldly shaping the nation's literary and intellectual landscape.Osman Kargo conducted this interview in Banjul, Gambia.This episode is part of the Africanist Press New Democracy Series.

Transforming healthcare delivery in resource-limited contexts around the world calls for compassionate, innovative solutions. Learn how The Luke Commission is bringing healthcare to the most isolated and underserved in Eswatini through a scalable model for advancing health equity.

In this episode, we explore how national libraries drive African development. Drawing on insights from Bakary Sanyang, Director General of the Gambia National Library Service Authority, we examine the real challenges facing Africa's national libraries and highlight how Artificial Intelligence and innovative digital tools can transform their management and operations. Osman Kargbo conducted this interview in Banjul, Gambia.

Namibia sits on the south-west coast of Africa. Below Angola, above South Africa, with Botswana to the east.Portuguese explorers first reached the coast here in the 1480s. No natural harbour, brutal surf, cold Atlantic fog, the Namib Desert running straight into the sea, little access to fresh water. They planted crosses to mark their claims, turned around and went home again, never to return.Today that coast is known as the Skeleton Coast because of shipwrecks and whale bones.Three hundred years later, having decided there was too much tropical disease in Gambia, the British looked at Namibia as a possible penal colony. They decided it was too inhumane.It was Germans and Finns who eventually settled on the coast another hundred years on.Namibia is about three and a half times the size of the UK, and yet its population is only 3 million. It is big and empty. Most of it is desert.I've got more endless expanse shots than I know what to do with. Here is just one of them. Plus a short vid shot from a hot air balloon which gives you an idea of the sheer endlessness of the place.Even in the capital city, Windhoek, there is just so much space.The only two places in the world that are less densely populated are Greenland and Mongolia. Namibia beats even Australia and Mauritania, which is mostly Sahara desert.Demographically, the country is roughly 87% black, 6% white and 5% mixed race, with the Ovambo people to the north making up about half the population. I saw a few Asians while I was there too.A country of extremesThere are still bushmen and other ancient hunter-gatherer people living as they have lived for centuries, yet other parts of the country are extremely modern. There are shopping centres to rival our own, good roads (the best in Africa, I was told), great restaurants, commercial farms and more. About half the population is urban. The national language is English, adopted after the country gained independence from South Africa in 1990, but I found that people, black and white, would as often speak amongst themselves in Afrikaans and, up north, Ovambo. On the coast German is widely spoken. (The country was a German colony from the 1880s until World War I, when South Africa, then British, invaded. Hence it has great beer.)The controlling political force is the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), which has governed since independence in 1990. SWAPO is nominally social democratic, but there are still strong liberation-era left-wing instincts, as evidenced by streets in the capital renamed after independence: Fidel Castro Street, Robert Mugabe Avenue and so on.All being said, Namibia functions well.It is a stable democracy with rule of law, an independent judiciary (the government sometimes loses cases), relatively free markets and low crime by African (and European) standards. Immigration law is tight too. Having seen the problems stemming from mass immigration into South Africa, Namibia has taken a more controlled approach.Indeed I heard repeated frustrations from mining companies trying to obtain visas for geologists and mining engineers where the local expertise either does not exist or is employed elsewhere.Official unemployment is 37%, but I heard from several different sources that the real number is above 50%. 50%! Very sad.Nominal GDP per capita sits around US$5,000, roughly double that adjusted for purchasing power, which puts it above most of sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank classifies Namibia as a lower-middle-income country, alongside countries such as Albania, Argentina and Belize. But these numbers are misleading.The country has vast wealth through its natural resources and related industries: uranium, copper, diamonds, fishing and tourism. Spread that revenue across just 3 million people and the averages look impressive.There is also serious rural poverty.Namibia combines first-world infrastructure with third-world unemployment.The currency is pegged to the South African rand, not one I would have chosen. Official inflation sits in the 2-3% range.About 88% of the country's sovereign debt is held domestically, and there appears to be healthy demand for its bonds. The country has also recently begun a sovereign wealth fund, which is reportedly growing at an impressive 16% since 2022. The central bank has recently also implemented a gold acquisition programme. Kudos.The country has high institutional savings and one the larger stock exchanges in sub-Saharan Africa.Food is cheap, protein in particular. The country has an enormous cattle herd, almost as large as its population. Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in neighbouring countries are therefore a cause for concern, as you can imagine. (Not my bag, but I reckon there is an opportunity exporting Namibian biltong to the UK, where it is expensive. I brought back loads). Other goods, however, can be expensive because the country relies heavily on imports.If you live in a third world country such as the UK, I urge you to own gold or silver. The pound will be further devalued, as will the euro and dollar. The bullion dealer I use and recommend is The Pure Gold Company. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe. More here.The main industries - tourism and natural resourcesPorts are expanding. The railways are not great, though I hear they will be improved. The roads, however, are excellent, as I said. Namibia is also the world's third-largest uranium producer after Kazakhstan and Canada. Chinese interests hold majority stakes in the country's three largest uranium mines, not to mention other metals.Oil and gas have recently been discovered offshore. Shell plc is one of the pioneers.As for gold, Namibia only really became a meaningful gold player after independence, since when roughly 15 million ounces have been discovered, much of it alongside copper. Among the larger players is B2 Gold (BTO.TO), which is well known in the country. Large parts of the country remain un- or under-explored. And I think that is where a lot of the big opportuities lie.There also appear to be rare earth deposits in some abundance. Kendrik Resources (KEN.L) recently made some progress here. Solar, wind and hydrogen projects are also attracting investment tooChinese money helped build the SWAPO headquarters, and they are investing significantly in mines in the country. Of note is that the USA recently spent heavily developing their embassy. It is big. Former Trump attorney John Giordano is now ambassador, a surprisingly high -profile appointment for such a low-profile country.One theory I heard repeatedly was that, given deteriorating US relations with South Africa, Washington increasingly sees Namibia as strategically important in terms of Atlantic access, energy routes and influence in the south Atlantic. Not quite the Panama Canal or Strait of Hormuz, but it could be something of a chokepoint. Namibia feels like a country at the cusp of something.It has space, resources, energy, political stability and strategic importance.Next week I want to look in more detail at Namibia as an investment destination, particularly its mining sector, where some very interesting things may be developing.My thanks go to to Rowland Brown and Chanel Marais of Cirrus Capital for bringing me to Namibia and for organizing what was a brilliant and instructuve conference.Thank you for reading the Flying Frisby.Until next time,Dominic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

What is cultural distress? It is a negative response rooted in a cultural conflict where the patient lacks control over their situation. It results in more physiologic effects on the body resulting in allostatic overload. To prevent this, healthcare practitioners must use strategies such as cultural humility to help patients navigate healthcare. Come find the best ways to deliver culturally sensitive care in any setting.

What does customer centricity really look like in fast-growing emerging markets? In this episode, we answer a listener question from a fintech support professional in the Gambia navigating rapid growth, limited resources, and constantly evolving customer expectations. We explore how organizations can build trust at scale by creating a customer-centric culture rooted in leadership, listening systems, and daily operational discipline. We also discuss why frontline support teams are critical in emerging-market fintech, serving as the real-time voice of the customer and a powerful driver of business insight and loyalty. If this helps you lead customer experience, subscribe, share the episode with a teammate, and leave a rating or review so more CX leaders can find it.Resources Mentioned:Order your copy of Experience Is Everything -- http://experienceiseverythingbook.comLearn more about CXI Membership™ and apply -- http://CXIMembership.comExperience Investigators -- https://experienceinvestigators.comEnjoyed the show? Subscribe, share with your team, and leave a quick review to help others find us. Leave your review at ratethispodcast.com/xact.Want to ask a question? Visit askjeannie.vip to leave Jeannie a voicemail! (And don't forget to follow Jeannie Walters, CCXP, CSP on LinkedIn!)

In this podcast episode, we talk with Ousainou and Kathy Jagne, founders of Timbooktoo Bookstore in Banjul, Gambia. With 28 years of experience running an independent bookstore, they explain how bookstores shape communities and discuss ways to strengthen Africa's reading culture.This episode of the Africanist Press New Democracy series uses Timbooktoo Bookstore as a case study to explore how bookstores and libraries support Africa's nation-building.This interview was conducted by Osman Kargbo in Banjul, The Gambia.

This week we're off to Gambia... or is it Zambia? Highlights include: - Actually, it's THE Gambia... - I'm sorry, but WHAT island?? - Everyone knows Gs and Zs are tricky...

I det här avsnittet gästas vi av Essa Kah Sallah som berättar öppet och ofiltrerat om sitt liv – från barndomen i Gambia till att bli en av Sveriges mest omskrivna kriminella. Han tar oss tillbaka till tiden då en statskupp förändrade allt. Krig, skottlossningar, svält och flykt blev en del av hans vardag, och som barn tvingades han växa upp i en verklighet präglad av våld och osäkerhet. När familjen till slut lyckades fly, landade de i Sverige – med hopp om en nystart.Men verkligheten blev snabbt en annan. Essa möttes av rasism, utanförskap och mobbning. I jakten på respekt och tillhörighet drogs han in i våld och kriminalitet, där en eskalerande utveckling ledde till gängbildning och grov brottslighet över flera städer.Essa berättar om hur den kriminella livsstilen sakta men säkert började rasa inifrån. Förluster, missbruk och skuld blev en del av vardagen, och när hans bror dog av en överdos nådde han sin absoluta botten. En livshotande sjukdomsperiod på sjukhus blev vändpunkten – där ett möte med hans son blev avgörande för beslutet att lämna allt bakom sig.Idag lever Essa ett helt annat liv. Han har genomgått en stor fysisk och personlig förändring, lämnat kriminaliteten bakom sig och arbetar nu med att hjälpa andra att hitta en väg ut. Det här är en berättelse om konsekvenser, ansvar och försoning – men också om hoppet om att det aldrig är för sent att förändra sitt liv.Köp Essas bok härLäs mer om Framgångsakademin här.Ta del av Framgångsakademins kurser.Beställ "Mitt Framgångsår".Följ Alexander Pärleros på Instagram.Följ Alexander Pärleros på Tiktok.Bästa tipsen från avsnittet i Nyhetsbrevet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I det här avsnittet gästas vi av Essa Kah Sallah som berättar öppet och ofiltrerat om sitt liv – från barndomen i Gambia till att bli en av Sveriges mest omskrivna kriminella. Han tar oss tillbaka till tiden då en statskupp förändrade allt. Krig, skottlossningar, svält och flykt blev en del av hans vardag, och som barn tvingades han växa upp i en verklighet präglad av våld och osäkerhet. När familjen till slut lyckades fly, landade de i Sverige – med hopp om en nystart.Men verkligheten blev snabbt en annan. Essa möttes av rasism, utanförskap och mobbning. I jakten på respekt och tillhörighet drogs han in i våld och kriminalitet, där en eskalerande utveckling ledde till gängbildning och grov brottslighet över flera städer.Essa berättar om hur den kriminella livsstilen sakta men säkert började rasa inifrån. Förluster, missbruk och skuld blev en del av vardagen, och när hans bror dog av en överdos nådde han sin absoluta botten. En livshotande sjukdomsperiod på sjukhus blev vändpunkten – där ett möte med hans son blev avgörande för beslutet att lämna allt bakom sig.Idag lever Essa ett helt annat liv. Han har genomgått en stor fysisk och personlig förändring, lämnat kriminaliteten bakom sig och arbetar nu med att hjälpa andra att hitta en väg ut. Det här är en berättelse om konsekvenser, ansvar och försoning – men också om hoppet om att det aldrig är för sent att förändra sitt liv.Köp Essas bok härLäs mer om Framgångsakademin här.Ta del av Framgångsakademins kurser.Beställ "Mitt Framgångsår".Följ Alexander Pärleros på Instagram.Följ Alexander Pärleros på Tiktok.Bästa tipsen från avsnittet i Nyhetsbrevet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hear about travel to West Africa (Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau) as the Amateur Traveler talks to Jenna Fletcher from LifeKineticTravel.com about her quest to see baby sea turtles in Guinea-Bissau. This week's show is supported by the new Smart Travel Podcast. Travel smarter — and spend less — with help from NerdWallet. Check out Smart Travel ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Why should you go to West Africa? Jenna says, "It is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful: green, flowers, animals. It is one of those spots that is definitely less explored by Western tourists. I think it gives you a different perspective on some of the history that you've learned about throughout school. And so I really enjoyed learning about the horrors of slavery while in Western Africa, and also a different perspective on colonialism." Itinerary Jenna's recommended route is a two-week itinerary starting in The Gambia, continuing into Senegal, and ending in Guinea-Bissau, arranged partly around the fixed dates she could get for Orango National Park. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-west-africa/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kehinde returns to vividly recounts his 2-week journey through West Africa's complex landscape from the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora in Accra, Ghana to the Convention for Afrikan People in Banjul, Gambia. Friend of the pod, newly minted Dr Erika Brown, joins to discuss the 3,000km trip. From harrowing slave castles in Ghana to border crossings that can take hours Kehinde's personal reflections offer a raw, unfiltered view on what it truly means to witness disparities of wealth, infrastructure, and opportunity firsthand—and how these scars shape the collective psyche of the continent. Before they get into the conversation Erika catches Kehinde up on what has happened since he has been away, discussing the recent media stories of femicide in the US and the pitfalls of financial literacy. Find out more about the Convention of Afrikan People https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ Follow Erika at the Broke-ish podcast https://brokeish.com/  Support the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora: https://loatad.org/  Join Harambee OBU: www.blackunity.org.uk  Written and hosted by: Kehinde Andrews Edited by: Kadiri Andrews Artwork by: Assata Andrews

Jim Pool is joined by ministry leaders from Ghana, Malawi, and The Gambia, to share stories of how the message of grace and the finished work of Christ is reshaping churches, freeing believers from legalism, and deepening their understanding of God's love. Hear how pastors, seminary professors, and church leaders - many with decades of experience - are encountering these truths in a fresh way, often describing it as completely new and transformative. From testimonies of personal freedom to entire congregations shifting toward a relationship-based faith, the ripple effects are undeniable. This episode is a compelling look at unity, humility, and spiritual renewal as God continues to open doors across Africa-reminding us that the journey of knowing Him is one we grow into together.

The British had instigated a war in the Transvaal which fired off in early 1881, but they had already ignited another flashpoint - in Basutoland. This was a fascinating conflict, and it has modern overtones. For the new British government of Sir William Gladstone, the fact they had stimulated a simultaneous slew of conflicts in South Africa was more than irksome, it was expensive and ill-timed. While Britain was dealing with a humiliating setback against the Boers, it was struggling to enforce authority in Basutoland—highlighting how imperial control was both stretched and inconsistent in southern Africa. Following Basutoland's transformation into a British dominion on 12 March 1868, it became the target of rapid westernization efforts by the Cape Colony administration. By 1879, the Cape Parliament had extended the Peace Preservation Act to Basutoland, with the aim of disarming the people of the territory. This did not go down well. Guns, like horses, were of immense significance in Basotho society. Most Basotho who worked on the Kimberley Diamond fields bought both muskets, and later rifles, as well as Boer ponies and other horses before making their way home. What was going on in the minds of the Cape Colony, and those in the imperial colonial office? It is important for our story to understand global events of the time. For decades all of the European governments concerned with the coast of Africa, both east and west, had tacitly agreed not to allow the quarrels of their respective traders and officials to become occasions for empire. That was the theory. The ministries in Paris and London wanted nothing more than to continue their gentleman's agreement, although each suspected the other of wanting to break it. Napoleon the third had nourished a few sporadic projects for African expansion, but the catastrophe of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 had slowed them down. The French Third Republic pulled out of the Ivory Coast and was considering renouncing all options in Dahomey. It wanted to leave Gabon as well as the Congo. But Senegal was another matter. The French colonial government in Daka had developed a local expansive programme derived mainly from the French army's influence rather than pure economics. There were plans to build a major railway line to the upper Niger River which would link Senegal to Niger. The French rulers of Senegal were expanding eastwards as well as southwards, and had begun to encircle Gambia. All of these moves in Africa must be recognized as part of our story here in South Africa. Globally speaking, the main British nightmare was the Russian advance towards the Dardanelles, Turkey, Persia, India and China. So the British maintained a navy allied with Turkish armies in the near east to protect the Indian route through the Suez against the Russians. London allied with the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II who ruled greater Turkey and his subordinate Khedive Ismail of Egypt. They were being schmoozed as reliable vassals who served Britain's financial and imperial interests. Britain could avoid seizing territory directly which would be expensive and politically ruinous. No boots on the ground, just deploy the one-step away approach via their the navy it was thought. The Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid ii however had been borrowing heavily from the English and even more from the French, while his revenues fell short of expenditure, and debt mounted so he raised land tax. Christians in Bosnia and Herzogovina revolted against Turkish rule, more loans defaulted, and the Sultan, and therefore the Turkish Ottomans, went bankrupt. With that as the backdrop, let's return to the Basutoland Gun War. Tension had been growing for many years between the Basuto and the British. The southern corner of Basutoland was settled by the Baphuthi led by chief Moorosi who had been a tributary ruler of Moshoeshoe. In 1869 he had agreed, somewhat reluctantly, to merge his territory with British Basutoland.

The LA Food Podcast is now on YouTube, and we're celebrating with a brand new segment: VERSUS. This week, Luca and Father Sal go head-to-head debating two of LA's most exciting modern Mexican restaurants—Echo Park favorite A Ti vs. the return of Ray Garcia at Broken Spanish Comedor—arguing which one is truly worth your next reservation. Plus, Chef's Kiss Big Miss is back with takes on the latest James Beard Awards controversy, a bizarre California Pizza Kitchen cease and desist, Food & Wine's controversial best food cities rankings, and the rise of the “restaurant relationship gap.” In Part 2, we sit down with Natalie Dial and Harry Posner of Tomat, the Westchester hotspot near LAX, to hear their incredible journey from meeting in The Gambia to leaving London behind to build one of LA's most unique all-day restaurants. If you haven't been yet, this conversation might change that.--Presented by mva.wine.

Fruitful domestic and international medical missions overlap in multiple ways. Both require cross-cultural skills, a willingness to work with limited resources, courage in the face of potentially dangerous situations, and possible disapproval from friends and family. Each is excellent preparation for the other. Many international workers spend furlough time working in American Christian health centers--and vice-versa.