(JollofNews) – Two and a half years ago, I read this piece by my fellow KairoNews contributor and saved it. I thought then, and I still think now, it is one of the most brilliant pieces on Deyda Hydara I have ever read (apologies may be due to the honourable[Read More…]
Tag: Dida Halake
London Letter With Dida Halake: Gambian Giant Humanises A “Prejudiced” American Snob
(JollofNews) – “Frankly, I don’t even think I considered him a human”, confesses the American Snob below, before he got to know Foday Samateh. I have never had the privilege of meeting Foday Samateh. I have not even had a chance to chat with him on the phone or on[Read More…]
London Letter With Dida Halake: Gambia Has Decided – Now Let’s Work!
(JollofNews) – While listening to my friend Pa Nderry M’bai of Freedom Newspaper’s rather hysterical “Election Night Analysis” on the 6th of April 2017, I sent him an e-mail to dampen his “I am soooo happy tonight” hysteria. I told him that “my information is UDP has won 32 seats”.[Read More…]