Unlike Yousou Ndour of Senegal or Alpha Blonde of Ivory Coast, The Gambia’s Kora maestro Jaliba Kuyateh has always chosen the path of convenience in his music, avoiding sensitive social and political issues such as official corruption, police brutality, state-sponsored assassinations, marginalization and tribalism. Despite the Sir Dawda Jawara administration’s[Read More…]
Politics
Can NPP’s Chief Strategist Go Back To Mandinka Communities Following Seedy’s Utterances?
When exiled former President Yahya Jammeh threatened to “annihilate or deport” The Gambia’s Mandinkas to Mali, the NPP’s chief strategist Lamin Cham used this threat of Jammeh’s as one of the deadliest weapons in his arsenal to canvass for votes for the opposition Coalition. However, the question that rushes to[Read More…]
UDP Extols Aja Sukaina Kah As ‘Pillar Of The Struggle’
The UDP has been plunged into a state of mourning following the death on Saturday of the party’s women’s wing president, who the party described as a “pillar of the struggle”. “It is with profound sorrow, a heavy heart, and total submission to the will of Almighty Allah that the[Read More…]
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