wnyc.org / 93.9fm / am 820

Underreported: Politics in The Gambia

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Last week, The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh was re-elected after making a vow to rule for the next 40 years. Abdoulaye S. Saine, an Associate Professor of African Studies and International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at Miami University in Ohio, gives us an update on today’s Underreported.

Not Yet Democracy: West Africa's Slow Farewell to Authoritarianism is available for purchase at amazon.com


Comments

  • [1] Jeri Eckdahl from New York, NY November 12, 2007 - 12:01AM

    This was a fantastic segment! Very informative, and extremely helpful for my research on the Gambia. Thanks!


Leave a Comment

Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. WNYC reserves the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the WNYC.org Comment Guidelines before posting.

Your comment


* required
The information entered into this form will not be used to send unsolicited email and will not be sold to a third party.
 
Back to Episode