There is nothing happening in The Gambia today that hasn’t happened before. Corruption, police brutality and general inertia in the face of it all, are nothing new! The question is what have we learned from our recent history as a nation? Are we going to transform our systems (including those[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Does Mother Gambia Suffer Because She Has So Few Lovers?
Patriotism is not based on what your last name is or how long your ancestors have dwelled in a country. And because you’re part of the majority or minority of any group setting, does not make you any more or any less patriotic than anyone else. Lineage surely does not[Read More…]
Neutrality Or Indifference: Our Universal Evil
All that the perpetrator wants you to do is: to see no evil, talk no evil, hear no evil. He wants you to show “solidarity” by shouting “innocent until proven guilty”. He wants you to shame the victim, question her morality or chastity, blame her for the abuse, make her[Read More…]