Is Sir Dawda Jawara Among The Successful African Leaders? If you ask ten people what is their definition of a successful leader?, you will certainly get ten different definitions. I know the Jammenkundas will define a successful leader as one who can provide three course meals for everyone. Invariably successful[Read More…]
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New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Idea Of A Sense Of ‘Oneness’ Is An Anathema To The Gambian Mind
Fatoumatta: Gambians are locked in a political deathtrap. Resentment. Venom and Hate. I had come to the sad conclusion that ‘Gambianess’ or One People, One Nation. The idea of a sense of ‘oneness’ is an anathema to the Gambian mind, does not exist for Gambians in the diaspora; that[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Sycophancy; It Kills Reason
Fatoumatta: A sycophant is “a person who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or influence” according to Webster’s New World Dictionary. Sycophants do not make waves or criticisms. A sycophant will never criticize or correct his or her superiors. Timothy Njoya is both a brilliant scholar and a skillful[Read More…]
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