A good anthropology is critical for good policy. Politics is where “what is good” is argued. Politics is a life and death struggle. I believe some of you mistakenly believe that politics is a moral and decent arena. It never has been and never will be. Politics, at its core,[Read More…]
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The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup – Part Four
I concluded my last paper, on this series of chronicling my experience of The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 military takeover, at the offices of the Vice President and Minister of Defence of the Republic of The Gambia. At where the five important American visitors paying a courtesy call to the[Read More…]
The Gambia’s July 22nd 1994 Coup -Part Three
Former Gambia Marine Unit – now Gambia Navy – Commander Mahmoud. B. Sarr was the officer chosen from the Gambia Armed Forces and sent to the USA in April 1994 to join the USS Lamour County battleship. He was to guide Captain Bookhart to navigate the jumbo vessel into Gambian[Read More…]