Bai Janha: The Afro-Rock Underdog
By Richard Gehr, eMusic Contributor
The Republic of Gambia — mainland Africa's smallest nation — is virtually surrounded by Senegal, which has tended to treat its diminutive neighbor like a least-favorite stepchild. Senegal and Gambia have tried to get it together in the past: The Senegambian Confederation of 1982 followed an attempted coup on longtime Gambia President Dawda Jawara, but Gambians preferred independence and withdrew from the arrangement in 1989. The same sort of little-guy pluck is evident in the… more »