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Author presents up-to-date study on the state of Gambian media
Respected journalist Alagi Jallow announces release of ‘Delayed Democracy: How Press Freedom Collapsed in Gambia’
NEW YORK – Alagi Jallow provides valuable insights into the deteriorating freedom of expression in Gambia and offers suggestions for effecting changes that could improve human rights in the West African country in his revelatory new book, “Delayed Democracy: How Press Freedom Collapsed in Gambia: A Proposition for Research in The Gambian Journalism History 1965-2013” (published by AuthorHouse).
Jallow analyzes the effect of President Yahya Jammeh’s takeover of Gambia from a historical, political and socio-economic context. The book offers a useful and comprehensive contribution to the legal and political debate about freedom of expression – or, more accurately stated, the lack thereof – in Gambia.
In particular, Jallow discusses the media in Gambia and the crucial role it plays in shaping a vibrant, healthy democracy. He evaluates the role of the news media in Gambia in a variety of contexts: the major constraints and challenges that prevent journalism from fulfilling these ideal roles, and the most effective policy interventions available to strengthen the contribution of the news media to both democratic governance and human development.
“Delayed Democracy: How Press Freedom Collapsed in Gambia”
By Alagi Jallow
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 250 pages | ISBN 9781491806609
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 250 pages | ISBN 9781491806623
E-Book | ISBN 9781491806616
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Alagi Jallow is well-known and respected for his research, presentations and journalism and is the co-proprietor and managing editor of the banned Independent, a newspaper he founded in the West African state of Gambia. He is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Hellman/Hammet award administered by Human Rights Watch for persecuted writers. In 2003, he was a runner-up for the World Association of Newspapers’ Golden Pen Award. In 2005, he received the International Press Freedom Award presented by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression for “his uncompromising and fearless efforts to promote press freedom in Gambia, despite numerous obstacles.” He is a lecturer at the prestigious Assumption University in Bangkok.
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