Two inescapable moments: childhood and death. Both we do not often cater in our urban planning. Communities in the Greater Banjul Area lack play grounds/ recreational facilities (for childhood) and cemeteries [for the dead]. Why do we refuse to create spaces for these moments? Because children do not community owned[Read More…]

Fatoumatta: It is amazing that after fifty-three years as a nation we still have not decided how our country should be run. Yet at that age, one ought to have married, brought up own children and started the journey into the sunset of his life assured of a solid legacy.[Read More…]

You want to know how democratic a country is? Check not only its political system, the separation of powers and system of checks and balances, the independence of the judiciary, the frequency of power change, the robustness of its accountability and transparency systems. Sine qua non, no doubt. Measure too[Read More…]