(JollofNews) – I have heard a lot about an Africa, about a side of Africa- the dogmatic side, the faith filled, blindly believing Africa. There has been an overwhelming focus on the magical, ‘witch-bound’ African continent. A lot has been said about an Africa that makes sense and can only[Read More…]
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New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: The Trans- Gambia Yelli-Tenda- Bamba-Tenda Mega Bridge
(JollofNews) – I refuse to believe that no Gambian engineers could have done the trans-Gambia (Yelli-Tenda-Bamba Tenda) bridge. How were only European and Chinese engineers constructing this mega project, who don’t speak our languages, supposed to be familiar with the soils, or the weather patterns, or the activities of the[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow:“The Trouble With Nigeria”
(JollofNews)- If you have not read any of professor Chinua Achebe’s books, please get a copy of this small but heavily loaded book entitled “The Trouble with Nigeria”. In his book Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) declared that “the trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is[Read More…]
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