There is a worldwide trend towards millionaires and billionaires giving away a substantial portion of their wealth to worthy causes and philanthropy. This movement is catalyzed by the “Giving Pledge” started by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. So far, over 164 billionaires have signed the giving pledge. The aim of[Read More…]
Year: 2018
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: It Is Realpolitik: One Has To Play By Its Rules To Survive- Nothing Jammehist About That
I hear them folks say “Barrow is playing Jammeh’s politics” and I wonder what that statement really means. There is nothing Jammehist about realpolitik; nothing Barrowist either. Politics is what one makes it, a good for the people or a tool to self perpetuate, for self aggrandizement and to wreak[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Professor Sulayman Nyang: An Iroko Tree Has Fallen
Africa has lost one of its greatest sons and public intellectual. He lived an accomplished life of service to humanity. Dr. Nyang was Africa’s gift to the world. A man of integrity and intellectual courage as well as a profound decency. We need more like him in our national and[Read More…]
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