Alhaji Bai Modi Joof

Alhaji Bai Modi Joof
Born
Bai Modi Joof

(1933-12-15) 15 December 1933 (age 90)
Kuntaur, the Gambia
DiedJune 3, 1993(1993-06-03) (aged 59)
Latrikunda, the Gambia
Resting placeLatrikunda Cemetery, Gambia
NationalityGambian
EducationUniversity (Law)
OccupationBarrister at Law
Known forLaw, free speech and freedom of the press
TitleLLB
ChildrenTamsier Joof (third child)
Parent(s)Ebrima Joof and Aji Anna Samba
RelativesAlhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof (older brother), Pap Cheyassin Secka (nephew)

Alhaji Bai Modi Joof (or Bai Modi Joof, 15 December 1933 – 3 June 1993[1][2][3]) was a barrister at law from the Gambia,[4] practicing from the mid-1970s to 1993, the year he died.[1][5] Also known as Alhaji B.M. Joof, B.M. Joof or Lawyer Joof,[6] he was a member of the UK and Gambian Bar, and a barrister and solicitor of the Gambian Supreme Court.[2][5] He was termed the "champion of free speech" by some quarters of the Gambian press during the administration of president Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara.[1] He was a defense-barrister[5] and came from a Wolof and Serer background of the family Joof. He is not to be confused with his former protégé, Joseph Henry Joof, who is also commonly referred to as Lawyer Joof (the former attorney general).

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Nation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Joof, Alhaji. A.E. Cham, "Gambia, Land of our heritage" Editor:Baba Galleh Jallow, (1995), p. i
  3. ^ (in Danish) Kraks Forlag, "Kraks Blå Bog 2001", Kraks Forlag A/S (2001), P 625, ISBN 8772257407
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ki was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c Federal Republic of the Gambia, The Gambia Law Reports (1960-1993), National Council for Law Reporting, p. 267
  6. ^ And : Bai Modi Joof LLB.