Act Two Scene 1 The Last Pre-Election Sitting that Selected Barrow SOOTHSAYER: Tonight, we mutilate reason and reinvent ignorance. Brazenly, we charge at commonsense with daggers of tribe and serenade missteps with pomp and timbrel. To poor choices we sing madrigals and to genuine prosperity requiems. For our sensuous ballads[Read More…]
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New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Freedom Of Speech Does Not Mean Freedom From Consequences
(JollofNews) – I am an advocate of free speech. I always have been, and I probably always will be. I don’t want to keep anyone, through laws or violence, from having ideas and giving voice to them (if those ideas don’t directly endanger others). If I turn my back on[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Senegal Must Repeal The Archaic Insult Law
(JollofNews) – “Don’t expose your father’s nakedness -Genesis 9:17-27 There is a blessing in covering our father’s nakedness -spiritual- earthly It’s a curse to exposé or not respecting men of God and our leaders” Freedom of expression is a hallmark of democracy as its unfettered enjoyment contributes to functional democracy[Read More…]