{"id":21153,"date":"2022-09-01T14:30:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/estate-developer-taf-authors-book-that-seeks-to-inspire-african-children"},"modified":"2022-09-01T14:54:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:54:23","slug":"estate-developer-taf-authors-book-that-seeks-to-inspire-african-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/estate-developer-taf-authors-book-that-seeks-to-inspire-african-children","title":{"rendered":"Estate developer- Taf authors book that seeks to inspire African children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The book titled \u2018Taf The Builder\u2019, chronicles the story of how he started before becoming a household name in the world of construction in the country and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis book is the story of how Taf became the best builder in the country and even beyond.\u201d Fye Network, the multimedia, entertainment and content creation company that published on its website describes the book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Mustapha (Taf), a bright and determined young boy from the Kombo St. Mary region of The Gambia, attended a woodwork class at his primary school in Banjul, he realised that his dream in life was to become a builder,\u201d the description further outlines.<\/p>\n<p>In the journey to fulfil his dream, he faced some obstacles along the way, but also with lots of support. &#8220;This is the story of how Taf became the best builder in the whole of The Gambia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in Banjul in 1957, Taf upon completion of his basic schooling and professional training, worked for international construction firms in The Gambia for thirteen years before he went on to establish his own business.<\/p>\n<p>He established TAF Construction Company Limited in 1990. 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The book titled \u2018Taf The Builder\u2019, chronicles the story of how he started before becoming a household name in the world of construction in the country and beyond. \u201cThis book is the story of how Taf became the best builder in the country and even beyond.\u201d Fye Network, the multimedia, entertainment and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9],"tags":[2355,2361,8176,8177,260],"class_list":["post-21153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-african-children","tag-authors","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Estate developer- Taf authors book that seeks to inspire African children - 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