{"id":26857,"date":"2022-12-30T17:33:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T17:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/the-dictator-is-us-book-launched"},"modified":"2022-12-30T17:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T17:33:22","slug":"the-dictator-is-us-book-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-dictator-is-us-book-launched","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Dictator is Us\u2019 book launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>\u201cThe Dictator is Us\u201da book by Gambian author and former head of the Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission(TRRC) investigation and research unit, AlagieSaidy-Barrow was recently launched at the Ebunjan Theatre in Kanifing.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The occasion brought together youngsters, human rights defenders, media professionals, youth leaders, Government functionaries and authors from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The book subtitled:\u201cMy Truth Commission Journey\u201d is published by Global Hands Publishing and released on 1st December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Making a review of the book, Madam Ndey Tapha Sosseh stated: \u201cThe 320 page captured in 22 chapters is a stark reminder of the enormous suffering of people under 20 years of dictatorship and the significant sacrifices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that the book tries to unlock the slimy, dark and often times silent terror that Gambian people \u201chad to endure under the dictatorship and serve as a clarion call for each to commit to the never again mantra of the TRRC.\u201d emerge<\/p>\n<p>The books aims at making Gambians reflect on the role they played in creating, nursing, nourishing and unfortunately accepting for twenty years tyranny and despotism by re-enacting them to take a hard look into the proverbial mirror and wake up to the reality that dictator Yahya Jammeh is not an aberration, but he is of them and made by them.<\/p>\n<p>The author\u2019s narrative walks readers through the initial stage of building the research and investigations unit and investigating a wide range of incidents, such as the murder and torture of children during the April 10 -11 student protests, killing of West African migrants amongst others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. \u201cThe Dictator is Us\u201da book by Gambian author and former head of the Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission(TRRC) investigation and research unit, AlagieSaidy-Barrow was recently launched at the Ebunjan Theatre in Kanifing. 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