Amidst the opinions swirling around about the statement of our wonderful, caring and very educated VP regarding our “youths”, I think I have some opinions I’d like to disguise as questions. Let us assume that Gambians don’t like to engage in manual labor and let us also assume that this[Read More…]
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Dr. Tijan M. Sallah: A Gambian Writer Of Consequence
By Dr Ebrima Ceesay, UK In the early nineties, while I was a reporter at the Daily Observer newspaper in the Gambia, I wrote a profile article, published in its 1 October 1993 issue titled, “The Poetic Dreams of Tijan M. Sallah” — on one of the Gambia’s most internationally famous and consequential writers since Dr. Lenrie[Read More…]
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: When Africell Came Calling (Part 1)
The first person they called was Hamat! Africell: Honorable Excellency Hamat NKLMZB Bah. My name is marketing manager for Africell and I am calling because we want to donate 12 million Dalasis to the govment of The Gambia. Hamat: Eh, boy, did you say 12 million Dalasis? Who else have[Read More…]
Samsudeen Sarr: Falling In Love With Hon. Yakumba Jaiteh
I am increasingly feeling virtuous in my recent prediction that the post-coronavirus-pandemic world will never be the same as before in that despite all its devastating pitfalls it will end up dramatically raising the awareness of the world population who before uncritically tolerated the unsustainable economic and sociopolitical order of[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: A Perfect Example Of High-Tech Lynching
In the 80s and the early 90s, before the July 1994 military takeover, the Gambia Bar Association was a vibrant organization standing for the rule of law, the welfare of lawyers, justice, and human rights for all Gambians, irrespective of gender, tribe, or any political persuasions. Today, the Bar Association[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Teach The Children Our True History For National Salvation
Our children must be taught our true history if they are to grow up into honest, responsible and patriotic politicians and public officials who will defend the rights and best interests of their people at all times and refrain from defrauding them or abusing their office, privileges and power. Our[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: We Need Electoral Reform In Gambia Now
Gerrymandering is a political subterfuge; the Independent Electoral Commission and the government must embark on this urgent electoral reform, boundary delimitation of constituencies for a fair, equitable representative system, adjust population inequities across all constituencies especially in Banjul, Foni and the Kombo Administrative areas ensuring equal and fair representation of[Read More…]
Samsudeen Sarr: Gambia Must Start Looking Into A Post-Pandemic Recovery Strategy
As the global infection number of COVID-19 sidles toward 2 million and its total death figure nearing 200,000, scientists and experts are still inconclusive in their projection of when and how this whole crisis is going to end. In my city of New York, regardless of governor Andrew Cuomo’s optimistic[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: “You Were Born With A Silver Spoon In Your Mouth”
Do you know anyone that thinks that your success in life is because you were born with a “silver spoon in your mouth”? Sometimes, you would hear such sentiments from individuals who have some undeclared complex about you and your success. Often, the complex they may feel is as a[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Fighting Corruption: The Gambia Government’s Ethical Dilemma
After decades of corruption and institutional decay, the Gambia’s President, Adama Barrow, has not embarked on a noble quest to rid the country of the immorality of the cankerworm of corruption in the Gambia. Years of clientelist and patronage relationships have ensured that graft is firmly entrenched in the everyday[Read More…]
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