In the Chinua Achebe book, No longer at ease, Obi Okonkwo, the main character in the book, describes real tragedy as misfortune that is never resolved, it goes on hopelessly forever. In the Gambia, on everyone’s lips seem to be going through real tragedy in several fronts. Gambian politics and[Read More…]
Opinion
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Barrow Asking For A Second Term Would Be “Unpardonable Evil”
In his very private moments, what does President Adama Barrow think of us? Asking for second term: Are we his lovers because we agree with Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, who said love is blind? Or are we Barrow’s fools because fools don’t see what their[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Two Years Democratic Governance Assessment Of President Adama Barrow: Part 1
The December 2016 election of reform-minded coalition cocktail that ended twenty-two years “the long dark nights of dictatorship” was a refreshingly smooth blend of opposition parties’ flavors combined in UNITY brought a fresh opportunity, the prospects for a democratic transition, for the Gambia to move toward a more responsive and[Read More…]
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