The Gambian man who took on a tyrant and made history

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The Gambian man who took on a tyrant and made history- PublishedIn our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy pays tribute to a man whose death nearly seven years ago arguably changed history in The Gambia.He was not an Amílcar Cabral, liberator of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, or a Thomas Sankara, the anti-imperialist revolutionary who led Burkina Faso - two men slain before their life's work was done.In addition, opposition candidates were only given two weeks to campaign and feature on the national broadcaster, while the president's nationwide meet-the-people tours were given blanket coverage.In July last year, the High Court convicted five members of the former NIA - and the doctor who provided the death certificate - for their role in his killing.Known as Arch 22 (the number being a reference to the date of the coup, 22 July 1994), it has since been renamed Never Again Arch."

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