The Cassamance was subject to both French and Portuguese colonial efforts before a border was negotiated in 1888 between the French colony of Senegal and Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) to the south. Portugal lost possession of Cassamance, then the commercial hub of its colony Cassamance, to this day, has preserved[Read More…]
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New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: What Is Left When Honor Is Lost?
(Jollofnews) In one of my class lectures to my students, entitled “Our dignity is priceless,” I told my students this: your innocence, integrity, dreams, potential and dignity are things that what older folk admire, especially because the older people lost them a long time ago. When our older people buy[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Tribal politics And Bickering Should Not Destroy Our Sovereign Brand
The Gambia is milking and can continue to milk economic dividends from the global recognition arising from the historic 1st December 2016, Presidential elections that was widely hailed and described as an indication of great hope for democracy in Africa and particularly for the Gambia, which President Yahya Jammeh had[Read More…]
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