Dixon Colley

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Dixon Colley ( William Charles Dixon Colley , born November 14, 1913 in Bathurst , † January 17, 2001 in Sukuta ) was a journalist and publisher in the West African state of Gambia . He was the founder of the Gambia Press Union (GPU).

Life

During the Second World War he went to Europe. After a long stay abroad, including in the United Kingdom, Dixon Colley returned to British Gambia in 1963 . In the same year he founded his newspaper Africa Nyaato , which changed its name to The Nation in 1964 . He remained her editor until the 1990s, when Dixon Colleys was hired for reasons of age.

Dixon Colley founded the Gambia Press Union (GPU) with a group of journalists in 1978, of which he was an honorary member for life.

He died at the age of 87 after a brief illness in his house in Sukuta.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dixon Colley Is Dead The Independent, January 19, 2001
  2. ^ Ode Adieu Dixon The Point from January 20, 2001
  3. ^ Funeral Arrangements For William Dixon-Colley The Independent, January 22, 2001
  4. ↑ Dixon Colley Laid To Rest The Point, January 24, 2001
  5. ↑ Uncle Dixon To Get Posthumous Journalism Award The Independent, January 26, 2001
  6. ^ A b Dixon Colley Remembered The Independent of January 20, 2003
  7. ^ William Dixon Colley the Doyen of the Gambian Press The Independent, January 16, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Colley, Dixon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colley, William Charles Dixon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Bathurst
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2001
Place of death Sukuta