{"id":2262,"date":"2026-02-08T20:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/gambian-musicians-reacts-after-senegals-homosexual-arrests\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:18:24","slug":"gambian-musicians-reacts-after-senegals-homosexual-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/gambian-musicians-reacts-after-senegals-homosexual-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambian Musicians reacts After Senegal&#8217;s homosexual Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two Gambian musicians, rapper Eljay and UK-based artist Ebrima Sey, have reacted publicly on social media following reports of arrests in Senegal involving a group accused of same-sex acts and related offences.<\/p>\n<p>The Senegal case, widely reported by local media, includes the detention of television presenter Pape Cheikh Diallo and musician Djiby Dram\u00e9, alongside 10 other individuals.<\/p>\n<p>In a post shared online, Ebrima Sey described the arrests as a moment of exposure, writing: \u201cThe masks are finally coming off in Senegal. Let\u2019s hope The Gambia is next\u2026 Our industry is full of Djibi Drames and Papes(homosexuals).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eljay also weighed in, suggesting he is aware of similar rumours within the Gambian entertainment space. \u201cI know some,\u201d he wrote, adding in a separate comment that the Senegal arrests were unexpected and should serve as a warning to others engaged in similar acts in The Gambia.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Eljay\u2019s remarks, Ebrima Sey further claimed that such issues extend beyond musicians, alleging that \u201cpresenters, artists, producers\u201d are involved across the industry.<\/p>\n<p>The comments have drawn attention online, reflecting how high-profile arrests in neighbouring Senegal have sparked wider debate and speculation across the region\u2019s entertainment circles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Two Gambian musicians, rapper Eljay and UK-based artist Ebrima Sey, have reacted publicly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}