Imam Baba Leigh: I am no “Mbojo Mbojo”. With humility and without prejudice, I am undoubtedly more accomplished and celebrated than any so-called human rights activist and Gambian journalist including the Imam. All my adult life, I have never sought anybody’s validation of my integrity or reputation. In my experience,[Read More…]
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Njundu Drammeh: Fear Allah
Oh my fellow compatriots “Fear Allah”….Speak the truth or keep quiet… Everything can be postponed except death and the Day of Judgment…. If you like care about what men and women would say at your burial, what epitaph they would put up for you. But if you really know you[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Is Gambia A Farce, Tragedy Or Both
An alcoholic cannot deal with his addiction without giving up drinking. Our current economic development and growth is an unsustainable fiscal path. By cutting expenditure and trying to raise more taxes, and the government is withdrawing money from the market. When a government is in a financial crisis, we will[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Thinking Out Loud
I don’t know about you but the death of anyone close to me evokes varying reflections on my life, and thoughts on my own mortality! Even without personally knowing the person that passed away, hearing about them from people that know them well enough, can educe these personal reflections anchored[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: A Muslim Epitomises Islam
Islam is not just a set of beliefs or even about rituals; it’s a way of life, a total submission to the Oneness of Allah and total obedience to what He decrees….Let each lift the mirror to his or her face and see if he or she is that Muumin,[Read More…]
DA Jawo: Where Are The New Banknotes?
DA Jawo Many people were happy when in 2018; the Central Bank of the Gambia (CBG) introduced new currency notes, which was no doubt seen as a welcome move to replace the badly mutilated notes that were circulating in this country. However, almost two years since the introduction of[Read More…]
Gambia Blows Over D5 Billion In Four Months
Despite being one of the poorest and most heavily indebted countries in the world, the Government of the Gambia has spent over D5 billion between January and April this year. Explaining to members of the National Assembly on Monday why the expenditure had increased 29 percent from last year’s D3.95[Read More…]
Mai Fatty Trumpets Nationalism
Mai Ahmad Fatty of the Gambia Moral Congress party (GMC) is leading calls for Gambians to stand up against attacks on their values. He said Gambians must advocate and promote pluralism and tolerance based on Gambian values and not foreign ideas. “We must be our sister’s/brother’s keepers, not our sister’s/brother’s oppressors;[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: The Hypocrite And His Mirror
The hypocrite stood there staring at the image in the mirror. This cannot be me, he mused. I’ve spent years working on myself, building myself, adjusting myself, aligning myself, calibrating myself, “religionizing” myself . I spent years making myself look better. I have been accepted as a pious man. I[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Celebrating The International Day Of The African Child
The Day of the African Child has never been more important to commemorate. “BlackLivesMatter,” police bestiality and injustices under COVID-19 precautions and responses reflect the many challenges and limited freedoms that sparked the “Soweto Uprising” on June 16, 1976. International Day of the African Child is observed on June 16[Read More…]
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