Bakary Ceesay, an entertainment Columnist for The Voice Newspaper has been nominated as Media Personality of the year in The Wah Sa Halat Music Awards Gambia schedule to take place on 31st January at Penchami Hall of Paradise Suite Hotel.
Ceesay, one of the Gambia’s finest entertainment journalists is been nominated along Sally Jobe, anchor of Playlist at Kerr Fatu, Delz Campbell, anchor of GamVibes at QTV, Foday Jawara, alias Master Fo, anchor of 360 Show at Paradise Fm and Isha Elizabeth, Entertainment anchor at Block TV Gambia.
Usually organised by Brand Plus reward artists, producers, video directors and media practitioners who work extremely well in their songs, video events.
Reacting to his nominations, Ceesay, who has did public relations for many Gambians artistes, event organisers and promoters said: “I felt honour to be recognised as Media Personality of the year in 2019, after working all the prominent Gambian artistes in their show with huge turnout”
“This nomination means a lot for me, as I took the journey to contribute my quota in music industry during the last seven ago when many don’t believe that our music can be boom like today and this challenge me to do more,”
He explained that seven years ago he take it upon myself to promote Gambian music through the media with the motivation that we need to tell our own stories of the artists to stardom.
He added that it take him sleepless nights in covering live music concerts and walk home three kilometres by foot.
He urged young journalists to have a keen interest in the area of arts and entertainment because there are lots of stories that need to be tells to the audiences that Gambia has a great talent to offer in the world.
“This nomination is dedicated to The Voice Newspaper, Music in Africa, Block TV Gambia The Monitor Newspaper and Pan African Visions who gave me the platform to expose our talents across the globe. To my colleague’s nominees we are not in a competition but we are all winner at the end of the day”
Special thanks go to my international partners like Goethe-Institute in Senegal, German my able Professor Dr. Raphael Henze
