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Watch: ‘Project Trust – Security Sector Reform in The Gambia’

Watch: ‘Project Trust – Security Sector Reform in The Gambia’. A short film by Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio/Florio Films, and Andy Thompson/Gaia Media, for DAI, funded by the European Union

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Exhibition: ‘The Duty to Remember’ – Human Rights Week, 2020

Exhibition: The Duty to Remember - Human Rights Week, Geneva, November 2020. Image ©Jason Florio/Helen Jones-Florio 'Gambia-victims and resisters'

Exhibition: ‘The Duty to Remember’ – take an interactive stroll around a virtual 3D exhibition, featuring colour portraits by Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio – from ‘Gambia-victims, and resisters’, and black and white portraits by Muhammed Bittaye. Remembrance is an essential step in the transitional justice process. With this in mind, the NGO ANEKED has created “TheContinue reading “Exhibition: ‘The Duty to Remember’ – Human Rights Week, 2020”

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The Gambia – R.I.P. Radio Syd. The first commercial radio station in Africa

Gambia - R.I.P. Radio Syd the exterior of what was the first commercial radio station in Africa, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa. Image ©Helen Jones-Florio

The Gambia – R.I.P. Radio Syd, the first commercial radio station in Africa. I was extremely saddened to hear that Radio Syd had been almost entirely destroyed in a fire earlier this year, January 2020. Thankfully, the Swedish couple, Benny and Connie, who used to operate the radio station turned guesthouse, survived the fire butContinue reading “The Gambia – R.I.P. Radio Syd. The first commercial radio station in Africa”

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Photo of the Day: Filmmakers, Jason Florio and Andy Thompson, documentary-making in The Gambia, West Africa

Photographer, Jason Florio, films an interview with a young Gambian man who is sitting in by an open gate, making attaya tea, next to a motorcycle, The Gambia, West Africa , Image ©Helen Jones-Florio

Follow us on Instagram for regular updates on our work, here in The Gambia, West Africa @floriophotos / @jasonflorio / @doors_helenjonesflorio / @gaiamedia Image: Photographer and filmmaker Jason Florio, filming an interview with a young Gambian man, for a short documentary about security sector reform (SSR) in The Gambia, with co-director, Andy Thompson/Gaia Media. ImageContinue reading “Photo of the Day: Filmmakers, Jason Florio and Andy Thompson, documentary-making in The Gambia, West Africa”