While we recognize the need to pursue ethno-chauvinistic majoritarian ambitions and playing court jesting around the President with “Heeno Barrow, Kairo Barrow, Mo kendo Barrow” pleasantries, we must be cognizant of the idea that we are not a country ruled by fiat. We must resist being a country of “what[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Yorro Jallow: I Will Not Badmouth Lamin Waa Juwara (Mbaroadi)
It is not easy to write about Lamin Waa Juwara, known as Mbaroadi, and praise him and not come out as Jali Bamba. His sycophancy deifies Mbaroadi embarrassingly, even as he knows he is a mortal of common fears and normal faults. It is not easy to praise Mbaroadi without[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Open Letter To Gambia’s Attorney General And Police Boss
Dear Attorney General and minister of Justice and the Inspector General of Police, drop the charges against Westminister Foundation For Democracy representative in the Gambia, Madi Jobarteh. Questions of constitutionality aside, this action further undermines the already dwindling democratic space in which freedom of expression and civil society operates in[Read More…]