Baba Galleh Jallow (Dr)
Journalist, historian and truth commission official
A Gambian legacyBaba Galleh Jallow is a Gambian journalist and historian who edited the Daily Observer before founding The Independent. Forced into exile in 2000, he pursued African history scholarship and university teaching in the United States. He returned to support transitional justice, serving as executive secretary of The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission.
01Began serving as executive secretary of the TRRC in 2018.
02Was named Harvard Law School’s inaugural Roger D. Fisher Fellow in 2023.
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