In The Service of My Beliefs - Fafa Mbye

Fafa E. M'Bai was born in Sambang Tuba Wollof village, Niamina Dankunku, in the MacCarthy Island Division of The Gambia, some 150 miles from the capital, Banjul. After village school, he went to Armitage High School in Georgetown, the divisional capital, and on graduation worked as a civil servant in Banjul. In 1970, he proceeded to England to study law at Keele and London Universities where he graduated with B.A.(Combined Honours) in Law and Political Science in July, 1974, LL.B(Honours) in August, 1974 and was called to the Bar at The Middle Temple in November, 1975 and also awarded the M.A. Degree in Politics in December, 1975. He returned to Banjul in April, 1976 to alternately take up appointment as Magistrate and State Counsel before he turned to private practice in 1979. From 1982 to 1984, he was The Gambia's Attorney General and Minister of Justice. A prolific writer and an avid reader, Fafa is the author of several published articles. A number of his book-length manuscripts are now being prepared for publication. He is married with children, three of whom are studying Law and Accountancy at Universities in England.