A hundred years from now, people are still going to be talking about President Yahya Jammeh. He recognized that, as a poster child, he had become a symbol in which larger social, economic, and political forces were condensed. As a person, Yahya Jammeh lived in a way to anticipate creating[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: July 22nd And The Beginning Of Evil
When they came, they said they were soldiers with a difference. They said they were going to get things right and head back to the barracks. That was the first lie. Yaya JAMMEH said politics is dirty. He became a politician. Then slowly he began betraying every member of his[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Mixed Reasons To Celebrate And Remember July 22 (Part 1)
There are reasons to celebrate the “July 22 Revolution” and simply remember President Yahya Jammeh. This may be with national prayers in Churches and Mosques to heal and reconcile a divided and polarized nation, to move on from the whole aspect of nation-building, or to give it a more positive[Read More…]