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| "One of the main things
was reuniting with friends again. We are also working with Ghana
Airways, West African Tours, and Kairaba Beach Hotel on a travel
story," he said. Wayne Young, the publisher of the U.S.-based magazine Port
of Harlem, Wednesday visited the Daily Observer offices in
Bakau.
Mr. Young, who has extended his magazine's circulation to The Gambia, said his [eight]-year old institution has both print and online versions. He pointed out that it focuses on giving various groups of African people a better understanding of each other by advocating the interest of black people both at home and abroad. He disclosed that the magazine's coverage takes care of all black people ranging from the single (divorced) women to men in jail. On its pan-African activities, Mr. Young averred that Port of Harlem sees issues from a global perspective. He further disclosed that they cover stories from Gary, Indiana, the largest US city with the largest [percentage of] black [people] to places like Banjul in Africa. "We include them in print; we make them visible. If people see that things in Banjul are similar to [things] in Washington, [people] can see each other as brothers [versus] as "other" people, [and] relations will be better," he said. Mr. Young said he was inspired to come to The Gambia by Gambian friends he met in the U.S. While here, he said, he has been able to make the magazine available at Timbooktoo Bookshop and have established a pen pal programme between students at Bowen Elementary, Roots Activity Center, Sister Clara Muhammad School of Washington and Nyato Nursery School of Banjul. |
 Omar Bah, New Observerwriter and Port of Harlem contributor. |
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