Freedom fighters rarely remain fighters after tasting power. In many cases they turn to dictatorship and find comfort in corruption. But the worst ones are those who do not achieve power of their own but survive in its periphery. Thus, the rumors depressing my soul right now: President Adama Barrow’s[Read More…]
Opinion
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: We Need National Stocktaking, NOT Celebration!
On Saturday December 2 the Coalition and Pres. Barrow launched a massive celebration at the Buffer Zone marking the first anniversary of the end of dictatorship in the Gambia. As typical in our history, scores of citizens were transported from around the country to grace the occasion. The same musicians[Read More…]
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: Freedom Is Kept Through Eternal Vigilance, Not Indulgence Or Celebration
A year ago on December 1st, we made a tyrst with destiny and at the polls we cast away the yoke of tyranny which was like an albatross around the nation’s neck. The time has come to renew that pledge, the oath of “never again”, to remember and appreciate the[Read More…]
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