This our society must engage in serious conversation with itself, a special kind of soul searching or ‘introspective retrospection’, both about its present and future, about what society it really wants to build and what the building blocks must be. This conversation must be very serious, engaging, honest, truthful, candid,[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia’s Human Rights Commission On The Brink Of Plummeting Into The Abyss
I do not say this often, but I hope I am wrong. Our National Human Rights Commission deserves better than the feckless political leadership. They have been undermining the mandate of the commission, and Gambians decry ” selectivity Agenda” and work method of NHRC in addressing human rights concerns and[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Remembering Father’s Day
My father and my Pedagogue: Your absence will always be felt throughout my life. No father had a perfect son. You knew that the son’s flaws reflected his father’s weaknesses, which motivated you to bring out the best in me. I was always not too fond of hard labor, for[Read More…]
Solomon Demba: The Moral Bankruptcy Of Criminalizing Homosexuality
As a sovereign state, The Gambia has an absolute authority to determine its moral values, but it must not take positive actions that would marginalise vulnerable sections of our society. Criminalising homosexuality is unfair and unjustifiable. A conduct can only justify criminalization if it causes harm to others. The essence[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: When The Lies Get Home
And so now the lies have taken on a new dimension! Some people, claiming to be standing up for Islam, want to do so through lies and slander. I would think that fighting for Islam would be based on truth but apparently when some people have an agenda, they are[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: What Really Agitates Us As A Nation?
It’s either the tail wagging the head or dog biting man… National frenzy…Facebook hype…Indescribable dissipation of energy Banjul Project, a colossal example of fiscal indiscipline: Not an eye brow raised GACH’s involvement in all the many shady deals and the State’s complicity in the exploitation of her own people: not[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: My Response To Imam Baba Leigh
Imam Baba Leigh: I am no “Mbojo Mbojo”. With humility and without prejudice, I am undoubtedly more accomplished and celebrated than any so-called human rights activist and Gambian journalist including the Imam. All my adult life, I have never sought anybody’s validation of my integrity or reputation. In my experience,[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Fear Allah
Oh my fellow compatriots “Fear Allah”….Speak the truth or keep quiet… Everything can be postponed except death and the Day of Judgment…. If you like care about what men and women would say at your burial, what epitaph they would put up for you. But if you really know you[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Is Gambia A Farce, Tragedy Or Both
An alcoholic cannot deal with his addiction without giving up drinking. Our current economic development and growth is an unsustainable fiscal path. By cutting expenditure and trying to raise more taxes, and the government is withdrawing money from the market. When a government is in a financial crisis, we will[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Thinking Out Loud
I don’t know about you but the death of anyone close to me evokes varying reflections on my life, and thoughts on my own mortality! Even without personally knowing the person that passed away, hearing about them from people that know them well enough, can educe these personal reflections anchored[Read More…]
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