Objectives It is important to be able to detect symptoms of common mental disorders (CMDs)
in pregnant women. However, the expression of these disorders can differ across cultures …

Arts in Health initiatives and interventions to support health have emerged from and been
applied to mainly WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) contexts. …

Objectives Examine the feasibility of a Community Health Intervention through Musical
Engagement (CHIME) in The Gambia to reduce common mental disorder (CMD) symptoms in …

District chiefs represented a tangible example of African leadership during British colonial
rule in Gambia. Even when the educated elite that comprised mainly Aku fell out of favor with …

Background Perinatal mental health problems affect up to one in five women worldwide.
Mental health problems in the perinatal period are a particular challenge in low- and middle-…

The colonial administration in British Gambia was concerned with the growth of the major
urban centre of Bathurst, now Banjul, and with managing the negative impact of urbanization …

… colonial chief; see also Hassoum Ceesay, Patriots . . ., 115 for a detailed biography of chief
Tamba; on chief Matarr Ceesay, see Hassoum Ceesay, “Matarr Ceesay,” in Oxford African …

This paper tackles the little discussed issue of interracial sexual liaisons in colonial Gambia.
In the case study of Fatoo Khan, I seek to underscore how an illiterate and rustic middle age …

Chiefs and their position in colonial West Africa have always fascinated historians since the
1960s. Crowder (1964, 197–205) compared the British and French colonial systems and …

BOOK REVIEWS|98 resulting from the collapse of Ethiopia’s Mengistu regime, however, had
a positive impact on the church as it Page 1 BOOK REVIEWS|98 African Studies Quarterly …