Founding father PS Njie
Subtitle: a moral biography
By: Hassoum Ceesay
Contributors: Gambia National Museum
Publisher: The Gambia National Museum
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Banjul [Gambia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Heads of state; Biography; Politics and government
Other titles: PS Njie; Pierre Sarr Njie
Description: "This book aims to show that PS led a courageous professional and political life which can inspire young Gambians into patriotic action. May be if he had been given more time to lead our country, we would not have had a miserable event as July 22 1994 which ushered in 22 years of tyranny."--back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: The early years; title: Work experience: Teaching; title: Going through the crucible: Arrest and detention; title: PS in London, 1943-1948; title: Return to Bethurst: Legal practice, 1949-1954; title: PS Njie in the political field, 1951-1960; title: PS and the chiefs; title: PS and his politics: Initiatives and strategies for decolonization, 1953-1962; title: PS in power, March 1961-June 1962; title: Tenacity amidst betrayal, 1962-1966; title: PS and Wolof culture; title: Documents.