Musu Kebba Drammeh

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Musu Kebba Drammeh (also: Musukebba Drammeh; born around 1940 ; died on March 10, 2003 in Kololi ) was a Gambian fashion designer and entrepreneur.

Life

Drammeh presented decades batik clothes after Tie-Dye method ago and sold them in their batik factory in Dippa Kunda near the Mosque Road . The clothes and their shop were particularly popular with tourists. Her business was mentioned in a travel guide for Gambia as early as 1967. Through her successful business activity, she is believed to have been the first Gambian millionaire.

Until June 2001, Drammeh was a supporter of the opposition party UDP , but after that time she supported the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and his APRC .

After a brief illness, she died on March 10, 2003 in the Kololi clinic at the age of 63. She had two sons and two daughters. After her death, one of her daughters continued to run her business.

In Serekunda , after her death, a street near the market square was named after her Musu Kebbah Drammeh Street .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Serrekunda Batik Factory, Gambia. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
  2. ^ The Gambia: The Land and the People: Senegalo-Gambian Tourist Guide . Nouvelles éditions africaines, 1967, ISBN 978-2-7236-0911-1 ( google.de [accessed June 25, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Gambia: 'I Am Not an Enemy of Any Opposition' - Jammeh. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Gambia: President Jammeh Urges Party Supporters to Be More Accomodating. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Serrekunda, Gambia | Town information. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Drammeh, Musu Kebba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drammeh, Musukebba
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian fashion designer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH around 1940
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2003
Place of death Kololi