Despite portraying himself as a devout Muslim who forbids all forms of gambling, Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh is reported to have paid US$650,000 for a casino. Mr Jammeh who banned gambling in the Gambia in March 2015 to ‘safeguard and promote the welfare of Gambians against ‘unethical and exploitative[Read More…]
Year: 2017
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: English Language Is Not A Mark Of Intelligence: Our Vernacular Languages Going Extinct?
“Speak a language is to take on a world, a culture”- Philosopher Franz Fanon Part 1 Inspired by the work of Lewis Gordon and other existential philosophers, this is the basic premise: our experience as Africans matters. This philosophy focuses primarily on African migrants and economic refugees in the Diaspora,[Read More…]
Gambia: Letter To President Adama Barrow
Mr President, I must first take this opportunity with humility and immense pleasure to congratulate you on your recently concluded journey to the holy land while praying for Allah to abundantly reward your supplications and graciously grant you your good desires for self, family and the nation at large. I[Read More…]