The outcome of the Niamina West bye-elections, held on Saturday, November 7, in which the National People’s Party (NPP) scored a landslide victory over the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has quite a few lessons for everyone who participated in it as well as all those concerned about politics in this[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Letter To Mama
Dear Mama: I know it wasn’t easy for you to witness and live through what happened or rather tried to happen to me. On the day my cousin Alieu arrived from Germany and came to visit you and Baba, I saw how you tried to protect me from him. I’m[Read More…]
Alagi Saidy-Barrow: Abusers And Their Supporters Should Not Ask Victims To Move On
It’s easy to minimize the pain of a victim; especially if you’re the abuser or a supporter of the abuser. To inflict a certain amount of abuse on another human being, or to defend the abuser and their evil, you have to dehumanize the victim such that you get get[Read More…]