Interview: Kenneth Best, newspaper editor and publisher.
In an interview, Kenneth Best, one of West Africa's most courageous and well-respected journalists, speaks about his experiences in trying to push the boundaries of press freedom in a region all too familiar with press censorship. He discusses his role in the publication of the Gambia's first newsp...
| Publicado en: | Africa Report Vol. 40; pp. 8 - 11 |
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| Formato: | Interview |
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Africa-America Institute
January/February 1995
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| Sumario: | In an interview, Kenneth Best, one of West Africa's most courageous and well-respected journalists, speaks about his experiences in trying to push the boundaries of press freedom in a region all too familiar with press censorship. He discusses his role in the publication of the Gambia's first newspaper, Banjul's Daily Observer, and his subsequent deportation by Lieutenant Yaya Jammeh's junta. In addition, the attitude of Samuel Doe's government toward Best's previous newspaper, the Daily Observer in Monrovia, Liberia, is discussed. |
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