(JollofNews) – In 1994, a student gave me a book, and one of the lines in the book read, “If you want to change the society, start a movement”. I did not understand the full importance of this statement but the insight struck me and stuck with me, and never[Read More…]
Opinion
The King Of Bechuanaland With Dr Karamo NM Sonko: The Final Episode
(JollofNews) – Images and imaginations The human being regularly lives an imaginary life. We imagine things that do not exist, confusing ourselves by creating conflicts between what exists (the truth) and what does not (falsehood). We create images in our heads. We subject ourselves to these imaginary thoughts and use[Read More…]
Anti-Voodoo Cult: Death, Despair, And Religious Exploitation In West Africa
(JollofNews)- They died expecting the Holy Spirit who never descended to rescue them. They died seeking spiritual help that they never received. Five persons reportedly suffocated to death and several others were hospitalized for respiratory problems after a prayer ritual went awry in Benin in West Africa. A religious cult that[Read More…]
Gambia: Where Are Muckraking Journalists Today?
(JollofNews) – While our democracy may not yet be strong enough and our institutions will constrain whatever abuses of power President Adama Barrow’s administration might commit during his three-year transition, but his policies and actions will not be as extreme as we me may fear. However, the truth is that[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: Is Gambia’s CDS Now In-Charge Of The Gambia?!
Note: As readers may recall, I applauded President Barrow’s earlier decision to retain Yahya Jammeh’s Chief of Defence Staff. Many readers were of a different opinion to mine and, sadly, the story below of torture against a young man which the CDS himself accepts to be true, proves me wrong.[Read More…]
Gambia: My Encounter With The “Butcher Kanilai”
(JollofNews)- A pervasive breeze of freedom graced the Gambian atmosphere from Sabi to Berending, it was like a parrot freed from a cage ushered into its natural habitat. Even if the cage was made of diamonds, that was immaterial as the value of freedom is unquantifiable. The butcher of Gambia[Read More…]
Human Rights And Justice: A Revisit Of Pinochet?
(JollofNews) – To draw plausible conclusions as to whether justice would be served for alleged human rights abuses committed by state officers in the Second Republic, it is necessary for one to revisit the case of Senator Augusto Pinochet as it may allow us to understand the importance international law[Read More…]
Churches And Hunting Witches In Christian Africa
(JollofNews)- It cannot be overemphasized that churches in Africa are instrumental to the witch craze in the region. Programs and activities of faith organizations continue to fuel witchcraft suspicions with sometimes horrific consequences on alleged witches. There is an urgent need to counteract this dark and destructive process. We must[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: Open Letter To Immigration PRO
(JollofNews) – The reported “legal action” against Star FM will be unwise and indeed unnecessary. The facts are as follows: 1. Star FM reported that Sanna Manjang absconded the jurisdiction of The Gambia with false passports issued to him, presumably, by the Immigration Department. 2. The Immigration Department have set[Read More…]
Gambia: “Intellectual Astigmatism”
(JollofNews) – Sometimes, self-criticism is necessary for us to make progress and what makes nations successful is the ability to find public policies and political institutions relevant to their people. Intellectualism and ideas are life; they must be relevant to our lives; they must be relevant to the African realities.[Read More…]
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