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Pa Nderry Mbai

Journalist and diaspora publisher

Died 2021

Pa Nderry Mbai was a Gambian-American journalist who founded and published Freedom Newspaper from the United States. His online reporting addressed political life and human rights abuses in The Gambia during Yahya Jammeh’s rule. His career illustrates the role diaspora media played when independent journalism faced repression at home.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Founded and managed the online Freedom Newspaper.

02Continued reporting about The Gambia from the United States.

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