The Oxford English Dictionary has amended the word woman’s definition and updated the sexist and offensive synonyms used for a woman. After facing much criticism, Oxford University Press has changed the meaning of the word woman. The change was made following an extensive review initiated by petitions filed last year,[Read More…]

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…]

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…]