“When you are running for your life from a lion, you don’t stop for a minute to look back and see what color of a lion had been chasing you. You just run forward as fast as you can for your own safety” (JollofNews)- Identity politics, also called Identarian Politics[Read More…]
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On The Spot: Sarata Jabbie-Dibba: Gambian Gender Activist
(JollofNews) – My guest this week is Sarata Jabbi-Dibba, a UK-based Gambian gender activist and anti-FGM campaigner. A former student of Muslim Senior Secondary School, she was a regular columnist at the independent Point Newspaper and vice-president of the Gambia Press Union (GPU). Who is Sarata Jabbi-Dibba? I was born[Read More…]
On The Spot: Pata Saidykhan, Gambian Political, Social And Cultural Critic
(JollofNews) – Pata Saidykhan is a renowned Gambian political, social and cultural critic. A native of Jarra Sukuta, he graduated from the University of The Gambia and Bellevue University in the USA. In this edition of On The Spot, Mr Saidykhan talks about his earliest memory, his most embarrassing moment,[Read More…]