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Cosaan Seereer : Exclusive interview with Oussou Ndiol (Saturday, 30th April 2016)

Listen again to our live interview with the Senegalese singer Oussou Ndiol, broadcast on Saturday, 30th April 2016 on the Cosaan Seereer show. Thanks to everyone who called in and a big thanks to Oussou Ndiol and his band Les Guelewars du Sine who delighted us with a live music played over the airwaves.    

Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 30th April 2016

Presenters : Tamsier Joof, Demba Sene and Mamadou Fall 

Interviewee : Oussou Ndiol

Source language(s) : Seereer, Saafi-Saafi, English and Wolof

Subjects covered : Oussou Ndiol's music, career as a singer, Seereer politics and culture. 

Radio program : Cosaan Seereer

Radio station : Seereer Radio

Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)

Collection : The SRC Collection

Date of recording : Saturday, 30th April 2016

Location of interviewee : Senegal

Medium : Audio recording

Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio  | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station).

Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.

Websites :

The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org 

Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com

UK based Gambians' demonstration against Yahya Jammeh's regime : London, Wednesday, 20th April 2016. Reporter for The Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio : Tamsier Joof

On Wednesday, 20th April 2016, UK based Gambians turned out against Yahya Jammeh's 22 years regime amidst the recent killing of Ebrima Solo Sandeng (the UDP's National Organising Secretary) by Jammeh's forces, and Lawyer Ousainou Darboe's imprisonment along with several members of his United Democratic Party (UDP). 

The demonstrators started at the Gambian Embassy near Nottinghill Gate Tube Station - located in one of the affluent areas of  London before heading to Downing Street, official residence of the British Prime Minister. The turnout was less than expected despite a huge presence of Gambian nationals in London, but those who came to exercise their constitutional rights were united by a single purpose: to oust Yahya Jammeh from political power and put an end to what international human rights organisations describe as : a 22 year reign of terror, dictatorship, secret killings, kidnapping, torture and lack of democracy. Many of the people who actually showed up came from the North of England and the Midlands. Tamsier Joof, reporting for The Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio joined the demonstrators and interviewed some of the attendees and organisers. 

Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Wednesday, 20th April 2016 (partially, on Mamadou Fall's Open Mike Show). This is the full audio interview.  For segments of the interview played on Mamadou' Fall's show and commentated on by Tamsier Joof and Mamadou Fall, see Open Mike - 20th April 2016 (coming soon). You may also check out our live interview with Tamsier's source (X) on Mamadou Fall's Seereer Seex show broadcast on Monday  18th April 2016 following the brutal killing of Ebrima Solo Sandeng and imprisonment of Lawyer Darboe by Yahya Jammeh's forces (coming soon).

Reporter :  Tamsier Joof

Source language :  English

Subjects covered : Gambian politics : Yahya Jammeh's regime; Gambian youths uprising against the Jammeh regime; The killing of Ebrima Solo Sandeng; Torture of Fatoumata Jawara; Imprisonment of Femi Peters and Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and members of their  United Democratic Party (UDP) - the leading opposition party against Yahya Jammeh's APRC party.

Radio station : Seereer Radio

Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) and Seereer Radio

Date of recording : 20th April 2016

Medium : Audio recording

Note : You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.

Websites :

The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) : www.seereer.org 

Seereer Radio : www.seereerradio.com

The Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio's coverage of the demonstration in London by Gambians against Yahya Jammeh's regime - 20 April 2016

On Wednesday, 20th April 2016, UK based Gambians turned out against Yahya Jammeh's 22 years regime amidst the recent killing of Ebrima Solo Sandeng (the UDP's National Organising Secretary) by Jammeh's forces, and Lawyer Ousainou Darboe's imprisonment along with several members of his United Democratic Party (UDP). 

The demonstrators started at the Gambian Embassy near Nottinghill Gate Tube Station - located in one of the affluent areas of  London before heading to Downing Street, official residence of the British Prime Minister. The turnout was less than expected despite a huge presence of Gambian nationals in London, but those who came to exercise their constitutional rights were united by a single purpose: to oust Yahya Jammeh from political power and put an end to what international human rights organisations describe as : a 22 year reign of terror, dictatorship, secret killings, kidnapping, torture and lack of democracy. Many of the people who actually showed up came from the North of England and the Midlands. Tamsier Joof, reporting for The Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio joined the demonstrators and interviewed some of the attendees and organisers. 

Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Wednesday, 20th April 2016

Reporter :  Tamsier Joof

Presenters : Mamadou Fall and Tamsier Joof

Radio program : Open Mike

Source language :  English

Subjects covered : Gambian politics : Yahya Jammeh's regime; Gambian youths uprising against the Jammeh regime; The killing of Ebrima Solo Sandeng; Torture of Fatoumata Jawara; Imprisonment of Femi Peters and Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and members of their  United Democratic Party (UDP) - the leading opposition party against Yahya Jammeh's APRC party.

Radio station : Seereer Radio

Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) and Seereer Radio

 

Date of recording : 20th April 2016

 

Medium : Audio recording

 

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The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) : www.seereer.org 

Seereer Radio : www.seereerradio.com

 

Live interview with Tamsier's Gambian source (X) regarding the recent political situation in The Gambia : Broadcast on the Open Mike Show (18 April 2016)

On Thursday, 14th April 2016, Ebrima Solo Sandeng (the UDP's National Organising Secretary) led a peaceful demonstration from Serekunda (Gambia) joint by several Gambian youths demanding electoral reform against Yahya Jammeh's regime. Jammeh's forces used unreasonable force to disperse the demonstrators, leading to unlawful imprisonment and several casualties. By Saturday, 16th April, it was confirmed that Ebrima Solo Sandeng died in detention. Other UDP members Fatoumata Jawara (Female Youth President), Fatou Camara, (Constituency Women’s Leader), Nokoi Njie (2nd Vice President of the Women’s Wing) and Lang Marong (Deputy Campaign Manager) were also among those arrested, and Fatoumata Jawara was reported to be suffering from severe injuries. Another female demonstrator by the name of Sabrina Mahtani was reported to be in a coma. Following this incident, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe's, leader of the main opposition party (the United Democratic Party (UDP)) gave a press conference from his home demanding the body of Ebrima Solo Sandeng and the immediate release of the prisoners. He then lead a demonstration joint by many members of the Gambian youth along with most of his executive committee including the Gambian statesman Femi Peters. They were arrested and imprisoned, and it was later reported that they were brutally tortured by Yayah Jammeh's forces whilst in detention. In this audio, Tamsier Joof's source who we shall call X agreed to be interviewed and go live on Mamadou Fall's show : Open Mike. X was one of the demonstrators and a supporter of the UDP.

Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Monday, 18th April 2016.

Presenters :  Mamadou Fall and Tamsier Joof

Source language :  Seereer, Wolof and English

Subjects covered : Gambian politics : Yahya Jammeh's regime; Gambian youths uprising against the Jammeh regime; The killing of Ebrima Solo Sandeng; Torture of Fatoumata Jawara; Imprisonment of Femi Peters and Lawyer Ousainou Darboe and members of their  United Democratic Party (UDP) - the leading opposition party against Yahya Jammeh's APRC party.

Radio station : Seereer Radio

Radio program : Open Mike

Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) and Seereer Radio

Date of recording : 20th April 2016

Medium : Audio recording

Note : You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.

Websites :

The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) : www.seereer.org 

Seereer Radio : www.seereerradio.com

Cosaan Seereer : Political Situation in The Gambia (Saturday, 7th May 2016)

 

On this day, we were suppose to have the historian Professor Ousainou Sene on the Cosaan Seereer show but due to technical reasons in Senegal, we were unable to reach him or Demba Sene. Mamadou Fall and Tamsier Joof continued with the show discussing the recent political situation in The Gambia. 

Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 7th May 2016

Presenters : Mamadou Fall and Tamsier Joof 

Source language(s) : Seereer, Wolof and English

Subjects covered : Political situation in The Gambia

Radio station : Seereer Radio

Radio program : Cosaan Seereer

Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)

Collection : The SRC Collection

Date of recording : Saturday, 7th May 2016

Medium : Audio recording

Additional information : This audio was recorded for The SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). 

Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.

Websites :

The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org

Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com

Open Mike presented by Tamsier Joof (Monday, 4th April 2016)

Open Mike is a no-holds-barred talk show where you, the listener sets the agenda.Call Mamadou Fall and talk about anything and everything. Callers are not screened. Want to talk about politics, economics, history, social issues affecting the Seereer people of Senegal, Gambia or Mauritania? Whatever it is, call Mamadou and make yourself heard. You can also call in to request a shoutout or dedicate a song to family and friends, or to yourself. Why not? You deserve it.

On this date, Tamsier Joof was seating in for Mamadou Fall, the regular presenter. You can listen to this show weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 23:00 pm to 1:00am. 

Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Monday, 4th April 2016

Time : 23:00 PM - 1:00AM

Presenter :  Tamsier Joof 

Source language :  Wolof andEnglish

Subjects covered : Open. Other topics : 

1. Celebrations of Senegal's Independence Day : Senegal celebrated its independence today. How did you celebrate independence and what did you think about the celebrations? 

2. The Senegalese government agreed to resettle two Libyans released from Guantanamo Bay by the United States government after serving 14 years for terrorism. Tamsier would like to know : 

• what the Senegalese people have to say about this? 

• should Senegal have accepted these two men? 

• why didn’t the American government, the government which imprisoned them took them back and grant them right to remain in the U.S.? 

• why weren’t they sent back to their country of origin – Libya? 

• is it safe to have these two men running around in Senegal, considering the fact they were accused and imprisoned for acts of terrorism?

• is Senegal being used as a dumping ground by the U.S.? 

• who is going to pay for these two men other than the Senegalese people through their taxes? The Senegalese government would have to find a home for them and feed them until they are able to get back on their feet. Should Senegalese taxpayers’ money be going to these people when there are plenty of Senegalese living below the poverty line? 

Radio program : Open Mike

Radio station : Seereer Radio

Link: http://www.seereerradio.com/open-mike

Owner : The SeereerResource Centre (SRC) and Seereer Radio

Date of recording : Monday, 4th April 2016

Medium : Audio recording

Note : You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.

Websites :

The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org 

Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com