Hassoum Ceesay, The Hajj As A Colonial And Post-Colonial Experience In The Gambia: 1945-1975, Baobab Printers, 2025, 62 Pages. – The Standard Newspaper

Hassoum Ceesay, The Hajj As A Colonial And Post-Colonial Experience In The Gambia: 1945-1975, Baobab Printers, 2025, 62 Pages. – The Standard Newspaper

Gambians and the Hajj The Gambia’s prolific historian Hassoum Ceesay has published a new book which charts the Hajj experience of Gambians during the later phase of the Colonial rule and the first decade after independence. In 62 pages, the historian traces how much the colonial authorities paid scant attention to the Islamic pillar of performing the Hajj so much so that it was very hard for Gambian Muslims to perform the rite. On page 11, 12, t…