Joseph H. Joof (1960- )
Joseph H. Joof
was born in 1960. He graduated with a B.A. Honours in Law and Economics
(Keele University, U.K.). He then proceeded to the London School of
Law. A very successful lawyer, Mr Joof became President of the Bar
Association before rising to the position of Attorney General and
Secretary of State for Justice of the Republic of The Gambia. In
addition to The Will, Joseph H. Joof has also published in Banjul in
the same year, The Student’s Guide to academic success (52 pages). He has many manuscripts which are yet to be published.
The Willis 116 pages long and published in 1998 in Banjul. It is a novel
that tells us about the will of a man named Rex Jon. The five children
and the widow of the late Rex Jon are baffled by the existence of an
unknown son of the late Rex , a young man aged 28. To their surprise,
the huge heritage of the late Rex is not, according to the will, going
to be shared equitably. They will soon discover that the will was
forged by the executor who happens to be the real father of the young
man. This startling revelation will bring endless problems within the
family.Through this introductory phase, more discovery has been made on Gambian literature. A lot of unpublished authors shall be introduced in the following editions.