It is easy enough to find absurdities in any list of formal awards–e.g., Pearl Buck and William Golding won the Nobel Prize, while Tolstoy, Joyce, and Proust did not–but, with the Oscars, absurdity has been more the rule than the exception. Yet the Gambia Press Union has decided that what[Read More…]
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The Diary: The Journalist And The Dictator Part One
“If a man like Deyda Hydara can be murdered for doing his job, then no one can sleep peacefully in his or her bed. Nobody will be spared” -Says Alagi Yorro Jallow. Alagi Yorro Jallow On February 2, 2003, police in my hometown of Jarra Sankwia in The Gambia during[Read More…]
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: Sustaining The #IAmToufah Campaign Momentum
Maintaining the momentum, after riding on the crest, is often our weakness. We are activity driven and policy or law does not get seriously influenced through such an approach. Advocacy is a planned process, effort intensive and requires a movement or group of organisations, united in mission and committed to[Read More…]
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