Afrinity Production draw attention to Ebrima Correa, a 31 year old Gambian film director who is considered to be one of the founding pioneers of bettering the Gambian movie industry and one of the most popular directors in the Gambia film history.

He has been in the industry since 2010 with known people from Brikama. He at some point quit to further his education and reinstate himself back in 2015.

Ebrima was discovered by actors as a confident, fresh-faced comic who was proficient at Directing characters and sending up remarkable actors to follow their dreams.

The Young and vibrant Gambian Director majored English and Maths at the prestigious Gambia College. He taught as a qualify teacher from 2014 to 2019 and currently pursuing a Bsc in English language at the University of The Gambia.

Ebrima is the Coordinator of GMB Brains Theatre group in Brikama and also Recruiting poets ,actors, writers, and musicians simultaneously.

Correa Directed the following movies;Ku buka lambang , Pain of sorrow, Bleeding blade, Monica, Who to blame and Life to live.

He was also the Director of the SDG’s documentary drama “17 Goals for Better Future” and have also directed songs like, Ask about me by Pascal, Ama do it by Pascal and
Wonderful feeling by Tyroon and Aunty Barry.

Courage discloses how challenging it is to be a Director in the Gambia as your work pay you less or nothing. “I do what i do because i got an inner belief that gives me hope and courage to do what i do, I can call it passion at some point. I work compassionately like my work gives me reason to live, it brings back the joy in me despite it being frustrating and challenging,”he said.

Correa had bitter and sweet stories of life that inspired him into directing since he believed in many told stories and stories that he lived and survived or are stories a friend lived and survived so these are things that inspired him the most. “I am directing because i am artistically oriented especially in making of movie,”said Correa.

He love everything in the movie world since he believe everything in the movie world is done for a reason. Only that when it comes to Gambia, the country lack the needed support to compete with other worlds.

“I compare myself with no other director.. I am unique in the way i work. I can tell you my personality in the directing horizon. I balance situation and that is why i got love my many. So I am Director Ebrima Correa like no other director,” he lamented.

Correa’s professional goal is to be that professional director, like studying to the core of directing, and get recommended internationally. He has been screen Directing for 4 years now.

By Amie T. Camara

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production has been reliable informed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered unity schools in the country, earlier closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to reopen on October 12th, 2020.

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, announced the reopening of the learning centres on Friday in Abuja, explaining that the COVID-19 curve has been flattened.

According to the Minister, schools across the country, are, however at liberty to fix resumption dates and ensure that there are adequate safety measures while doing so.

Mr Adamu equally warned that schools who fail to adhere to outlined COVID-19 safety protocols, risk closure if there is any outbreak from such learning facilities

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production draw attention to Covid-19 vaccine availability. Though coronavirus still poses a significant threat, there are still no vaccines proven to protect the body against the disease it causes – Covid-19.

However there are around 40 different coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials – including one being developed by the University of Oxford that is already in an advanced stage of testing.

Why is a coronavirus vaccine important?
The virus spreads easily, and the majority of the world’s population is still vulnerable to it. A vaccine would provide some protection by training people’s immune systems to fight the virus so they should not become sick.

This would allow lockdowns to be lifted more safely, and social distancing to be relaxed.

What sort of progress is being made?
Research is happening at breakneck speed. About 240 vaccines are in early development, with 40 in clinical trials and nine already in the final stage of testing on thousands of people.

Source___Reteurs

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production disclose to you the US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.

Mr Trump, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, wrote on Twitter: “We will get through this together.”

It comes after Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, tested positive.

Mr Trump’s announcement comes just over a month before the presidential elections on 3 November where he faces Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Ms Hicks, 31, travelled with Mr Trump on Air Force One to the first presidential TV debate with Mr Biden in Ohio on Tuesday. Some of Mr Trump’s family members who attended the debate were seen not wearing masks.

Source___BBC

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production disclose the release of not less than 12 convicted prisoners who were unable to pay their court fines on Tuesday after the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (GSIC) chipped in and deposited their respective fines amounting to more than D50, 000.

According to Points, they were convicted of various crimes ranging from stealing, threatening violence, conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence among others. The 12 prisoners comprise 10 Gambians and two Senegalese.

The GSIC also gave the released prisoners transport refunds to return to their various homes, within and outside the country with a view to reuniting with their families and loved ones again. Some of these prisoners were convicted between one month to two years in prison.

Source___The Point

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production unveil death of Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend’s baby, they are in “deep pain” after the lost during pregnancy.

“We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before,” she wrote in a moving Instagram statement.

Her post was accompanied by several black and white photos, including one of her crying in her hospital bed.

Model Teigen and singer Legend have two children, and in mid-August revealed they were expecting a third.

In her latest post, Teigen revealed the Los Angeles-based couple had been planning to call the baby Jack.

“We never decide on our babies’ names until the last possible moment after they’re born, just before we leave the hospital,” she wrote.

“But we, for some reason, had started to call this little guy in my belly Jack. Jack worked so hard to be a part of our little family, and he will be, forever.

“I’m so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn’t give you the home you needed to survive. We will always love you.”

Source____BBC

By Amie T. Camara

If you did not watch what could only be described as a “debate” between the two US presidential candidates , Afrinity Production can assure you that you made a wise decision.

The chaos that was built across television screens last night was truth to the sad spectacle that is America today.

Trump proved, once more, that he is a pitiful excuse for a president. Calmness, thoughtfulness, maturity and rationality are anathema to Trump. Every disgraceful measure of this disgraceful president was on parade for a hellish evening.

Trump shouted obscenities. He lied. He thundered. He deflected. He smirked. He, incredibly, played, again and again, the victim of a fictitious media cabal and an equally fictitious attempted coup d’état.

By comparison, Biden gamely tried to share his ideas and prescriptions for what he would do as president. Agree or disagree with those ideas and prescriptions, Biden spoke to American voters with a discernible degree of gravitas and earnestness.

Biden actually make known of what a great leader he will make and is doubt the right person for America.

Source___Aljazeera

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production draw attention to the shooting of a young man on Wednesday in central Guinean city shaken by clashes since the prime minister visited the city a day before the campaigning for President Alpha Conde’s re-election.

Security forces on Wednesday shot and killed Habib Petel Diallo, 20, during a protest in the city of Dalaba against the premier’s visit, the man’s brother Lamine Diallo said to Channels.

A police officer who asked not to be named said the young man had died with a shot to the head.

Guinean authorities have not officially confirmed the death.

The latest incident in Dalaba follows dozens of deaths in previously anti-government protests, during demonstrations against a third presidential term for Alpha Conde since October last year.

The 82-year-old president has pushed through a new constitution in March that allowed him to reset the two-term presidential limit to zero, and run again in the October 18 election.

Source___Channels TV

ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY

1ST OCTOBER 2020

Fellow Nigerians

I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians for entrusting me with your hopes and aspirations for a better and greater Nigeria.

Today, it is my unique privilege to re-commit myself to the service of this great country of great people with profound diversities and opportunities. We are bound by destiny to be the largest and greatest black nation on earth.

At this stage in our nationhood it is important that we reflect how we got here to enable us work TOGETHER to get to where we aspire to be as a strong indivisible nation, united in hope and equal in opportunity.

On October 1st 1960 when Prime Minister Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa received the constitutional instruments symbolizing Nigeria’s independence, he expressed his wish that having acquired our rightful status as an independent sovereign nation, history would record that the building of our nation proceeded at the wisest pace.

This optimism was anchored on the peaceful planning, full and open consultation and harmonious cooperation with the different groups which culminated in Nigeria emerging as a country without bitterness and bloodshed.

Our founding fathers understood the imperative of structuring a National identity using the power of the state and worked towards unification of Nigerians in a politically stable and viable entity.

That philosophy guided the foundation that was laid for our young nation of 45 million people with an urban population of approximately 7million occupying an area of 910,768 square kilometers. These demographics led to development challenges for which major efforts were made to overcome.

Today, we grapple with multiple challenges with a population exceeding 200million occupying the same land mass but 52% residing in urban areas.

I chose the path of self-reflection because this is what I do on a daily basis and I must confess that at most times, I always felt the need for a collective reflection as I know that the foundation for a solid future which this administration is laying can only be sustainable if there is a collective commitment by Nigerians.

Nigeria is not a country for Mr. President, any ruling or opposition party but a country for all of us and we must play our part, irrespective of challenges we face, to make this country what we desire.

Source__Channels TV

Afrinity Production draw attention to Dawda Cham, born and raised in Jarra Soma in the Lower River Region of The Gambia. He graduated from Nusrat Senior School in 2016 and now a final year Biology Major at the University of The Gambia.

Cham is into youth activism, environmental advocacy and actions, student leadership and also into poetry.

Dawda was actually born to a less privileged family and has not been fortunate to live together with his parents for a longer period of time as he lost his parents between the age of 3 and 12.

Growing up like that was really hard for Dawda. Fortunately for him, he had a very supportive and relentless grandma who is also late but supported him to get through all the hurdles and odds of life at that tender age.

Dawda’s primary school journey was smooth and interesting but as he transcend to other levels of education, things became a little hectic because of some financial constraints but through support from relatives and friends, he was able to sail smoothly until he got to University through the Gambia Government Scholarship.

Volunteerism has been something he grew up with from primary school days. He has always been that student who likes to take up responsibilities to make a change and always wants to make other people feel good.

Through his active participation in school activities and community initiatives, he got lots of connections and exposure to many things. It was one of the workshops he attended on “Environmental Sanitation and Sustainability” that, he built interest in environmental advocacy and climate action after learning that climate change has become a threat to the future of our planet. Since that day, he has been working tirelessly to ensuring that the environment are protected.

“Knowing that my country suffers from some serious environmental problems such as indiscriminate littering in the streets, street urination, poor drainage systems etc. and efforts to dealing with these problems, however, have been handicapped by a real failure to understanding their nature and possible remedies, I have taken it upon myself to change the dynamics for this country through environmental advocacy and climate actions and that spirit is what keeps me moving until today,” he said.

“I dislike the rate at which greenhouse gases are been released in our atmosphere which has become unbearable for our planet Earth. The heat-trapping gases are released by humans to obtain power for our modern lives but less did we put into consideration the huge amount of harm we are causing to the environment. We are doing this through burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land-use and other activities that drive climate change. Greenhouse gases are dramatically increasing in our planet and this rapid rise is a problem because it’s changing our climate at a rate that is too fast for living things to adapt to,” he lamented.

Dawda Cham looks up to the following people;

Mustapha Njie – as a successful businessman, who has tried to ensure that he is not the only one enjoying the profits of his business but initiated projects and programs through which he share his fortunes with others._

Essa Mbaye Faal – another successful man who shares his blessings with others and help those in need, especially young Gambians for them to have a better future.

Modou Turo Darboe – a very wealthy man who responds generously to causes that improve livelihoods not only in The Gambia but even in Senegal, notably the Casamance region. His style of giving is unmatched.

Dawda’s professional goal as a student of Biology, is to become a Medical Doctor in the nearest future to uplift the fragile health sector of The Gambia. He believe the health sector needs more doctors and nurses to attain world’s standard. He is also concerned with the fact that most people in remote areas in The Gambia don’t easily have access to health care services and he is committed to the process of bridging this existing gap.

Dawda Cham is also the winner of the Covid-19 poetry challenge. The competition was aimed at raising awareness among people on COVID-19 precautionary measures to curb the spread of the virus. After a submission of 83 videos, 16 videos were selected and the selected videos were published on EU in The Gambia and YEP-Gambia Social Media platforms for people to vote by viewing, sharing and liking the videos.

Dawda emerged victoriou and he received a cash prize of D10,000 and a free professional video was done for him on the same poem.

By Amie T. Camara