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Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof
1924 – 2011
The Gambia's great historian and Pan-Africanist
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Historian, trade unionist, broadcaster and Pan-Africanist who wrote more than a dozen studies of Gambian history — much of what the country knows about itself, he wrote down.
Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof was a Gambian historian, politician, author, trade unionist, broadcaster, radio programme director, scout master, Pan-Africanist, lecturer, columnist and nationalist who campaigned for Gambian independence under colonial rule.
He produced more than a dozen monographs on Gambian history, covering the origins of Bathurst's streets and families, the independence struggle, the trade unions and the scout movement.
He produced more than a dozen monographs on Gambian history, covering the origins of Bathurst's streets and families, the independence struggle, the trade unions and the scout movement.
- Wikipedia — Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof
- The Point — I pay tribute to Alh. A. E. Cham Joof, a great Gambian historian
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