Algasim Barry,Secretary General , The Gambia Herbal Organisation who has been administering herbal medicine for more than thirty years in the Gambia, recently told the Media Agenda that there, is cure for many diseases at his medical center which is located at the main Serekunda market. He said he has being doing this for a very long time.

Herbal medicine is real and that; it is from the herbal that the west extracts these tablets and even some liquid medicine which are given at our hospitals. Bah said he goes to the bush to replace his herbal stock. Asked what specific ailments he cures, Bah said he can cure high blood pressure, he can cure impotency, he can also take care of stomach pains, and many more. When he was asked about HIV/Aids, he said he has no cure for that. But he did not rule out that there cannot be cure for it within the herbal industry. There is every cure within, but not all of us can do all.

Asked what is he most good at, “I am very good at curing impotency, many men came here, and after taking my treatment, they came back feeling happy that that they were now performing well” Bah said. Some of them almost lost their wives, due to not functioning well. He said there are women who also come to him, because they cannot bear childen.These are all cases he can handled.

I ask if he has any children, Bah told me he has many children, most of who are adults now. He said if any body said he has cure for impotency and that he has medicine for women who cannot bear children and the person do not have children himself ,then you can doubt his competence.