Alaji Mamudu: Julius Caesar was/is an exciting character, in history and in fiction. The historical Julius Caesar was a man of power. He was very unequivocal about where he stood on matters of law and power. He willfully subdued law for power, prescribing to his subjects: “If you must break[Read More…]
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Gambia To Levy US$40 Fee On International Passengers
The Gambia has announced controversial plans to levy a US$40 fee on all passengers landing and departing from the country’s only international airport in Yundum. The civil aviation border control fee which comes into effect on 15th January 2019 is part of measures being introduced by the government of President[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Remembering Thomas Sankara: Three Decades Ago: The Upright Man
Where did all the genuine African revolutionaries go? They were either assassinated; Patrice Lumumba, Eduardo Mondlane, Samora Machel, Amilcar Cabral, Steve Biko, John Garang, Julius Nyerere, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Frank Fanon, Muammar Gadaffi or fell under siege from their own legacies. It has been decades since we saw a visionary leader who inspired the Pan African idealism of[Read More…]
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