In time for the president's birthday

We landed in Banjul on 25th May which was the President's 44th birthday. The day was a public holiday, ostensibly Africa Day, but by the look of the billboards on all highways, it is H.E. President Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh's annual partying day. The local media reported the coming to town of a plane load of Nollywood actors and musicians to entertain the head of state. The country was on a go-slow the next morning and everybody blamed it on all the partying. For a pesident so young, Gambia will pay a heavy annual price to keep the big man humoured for years to come!