(JollofNews)– Since my comments on the Fatou Bargie case, I have seen all sorts of comments emphasizing the issue of cultural norms and values as it relates to elders. Many condemned Fatou for being impolite and some went even further to say she should be disciplined or rot in prison.[Read More…]
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Journalism in Transition In The Gambia: The Threat Is Their Conscience?
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…]
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…]