In southern Senegal and the Gambia, home to the Mandinka ethnic group, the rainy season also brings the appearance of the Kankuran, a man who takes on the role of an age-old spirit and guardian of the ...

D A K A R, Senegal, Sept. 18 -- The information came to us on short wave radios. It was delivered by men riding horses, holding transistors to their ears. It was passed along by word-of-mouth in Wolof ...

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., will present a very special program with guest Sean Gaskell, according to a news release. Gaskell’s appearance will start at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 for a performance ...

Drums, whistles and shouts announce his entrance as he strides forward with machetes to hand. In the eastern town of Janjanbureh, on an island in the Gambia River, the annual festival celebrating the ...

Born into the Cissokho family of griots (some relatives spell it Sissoko or Cissoko), it would have been a challenge for Momi Maiga to imagine himself becoming a dentist or, really, anything other ...

Washington — Three U.S. Peace Corps volunteers recently collaborated with more than 45 Peace Corps/Senegal volunteers and 25 local community members to restore a mangrove forest in the Sine-Saloum ...

In the heart of Janjanbureh, Gambia, this annual event showcases the age-old rituals of the Kankurang, a revered figure believed to possess mystical powers. By the light of the moon and a few ...