Journalists must never be an” Impotent Observer” but” Potent Observer” “It’s impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singing somebody’s beard.” Georg C. Lichtenberg; Ethics (the term comes from the Greek word ethos: custom or practice) is that branch of philosophy whose purpose is to describe[Read More…]
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Gambia: Yahya Jammeh’s Nightly Confessions In Equatorial Guinea
(JollofNews) – Jammeh: First I beseech yester’s Tuti Faal and chide today’s Zeinab. And to Halima I commend a path to Halifa’s heart, if fate needs only wishes to hatch its results. Sallah is what they both share–a happenstance for my bloom or gloom. This, all in dreams of a return[Read More…]
Sallahism And De-Jammehnisation Of Gambian Politics
(JollofNews) – In an article (Vision 2020 vs. Jammehism and Jammehnomics) published in 2012, I coined the term ‘Jammehism’ and ‘Jammehnomics’ to refer to the exile former president’s philosophy of politics and economics. My respected colleague, Saikou Jammeh, the editor-in-chief of the Daily News (www.dailynews.gm) at the time, took the[Read More…]