(JollofNews)– It feels right to come back to the walls of JollofNews after such a long enforced absence of leave due to poor but much improved health. My everlasting thanks to PK Jarju and Yusupha Cham for so many concerned phone calls of unflinching support. God willing, the worst has[Read More…]
Opinion
Gambia: Is Freedom Stirring In Banjul?
(JollofNews) – “We are ready for change!” These were the words of the taxi driver who picked me up from the airport in Gambia. We had just passed a huge billboard bearing the image of President Yahya Jammeh, and when I asked the driver about his political views I had[Read More…]
Gambia: The Change We Want, And The Challenges Awaiting The Next President
(JollofNews) – It’s very obvious that there is an urgent and desired need for change in The Gambia. In fact, the need for change is so dire that one could describe it as, “The Fierce Urgency of Now”; the title of the book authored by Julian Zelizer, a Historian and[Read More…]