Waagan: Reviving the Open Mic Festival - Part 2
Responding to public demands, one of the Open Mic Festival’s pioneers, Waagan, spoke about how the legacy event could be revived. This second part of a two-part story looks into why the Open Mic Festival was shelved and how it can be revived. More in this publication.
Waagan: Shelving the Open Mic Festival - Part 1
One of the pioneers of the Open Mic Festival, Waagan, opens up for the first time on shelving the biggest Gambian concert in the country prior to COVID-19. This two-part series provides an insight on how the legacy event could possibly be revived. More in this first part, highlighting how it was shelved.
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