If these pictures attached herein are used to send messages that in fact there is unity and brotherhood on the ground, it points to the fact that there is need to dispel a contrary notion; which sadly is what one is wont to believe going by online engagements. It has been stated time and again… Continue reading Because I Am Not Affiliated…
Believe it or not, we have a modern day caste system that most of these so called ‘educated’ Afropeans are full fledged members and defend it shamelessly. It is the elite club; where if you are educated you cannot, and are not expected to marry an “illiterate”.
There are always different sides to any story,. A lot of narratives have been made on The Gambia and her politics. When Berkeley Rice wrote his novel Enter Gambia Birth Of An Improbable Nation, it was a critique from an outside perspectives. In Sir Dawda's Kairaba we get an insight into our political evolution from… Continue reading The Memoir Of Mamadi Jankoba – Review
What is surprising in the latest social media orchestrated brouhaha is not the statements thereof, it is the fact that many people are acting shocked at the utterances made in the audio being distributed purportedly from some Banjul youths. That feeling has been latent for decades and anyone who cares to look knows this. In… Continue reading A Sign Of Things to Come
As some of our leaders play the fool, either out of selfish aims or utter ignorance, the urgency of the times requires of us to demand from our leaders a commitment to the African course- the path to the uplifting of the conditions of African masses. If it was urgent in 1963, that urgency has… Continue reading The Urgency Of Now
What is surprising in the latest social media orchestrated brouhaha is not the statements thereof, it is the fact that many people are acting shocked at the utterances made in the audio being distributed purportedly from some Banjul youths. That feeling has been latent for decades and anyone who cares to look knows this. In… Continue reading A Sign Of Things to Come
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Article 6 of the Manding Charter (Kurugan Fuga) incorporates the concept of working for one’s subsistence in its provisions thus; To win the battle of prosperity, the general system of supervision has been established to fight against laziness and idleness. Article 32 further states; There are five ways to acquire property [wealth]: buying, donation, exchange,… Continue reading Jor-Kaa Binibo – Capturing The Essence of a Tradition (Snippet)
In high school, one of our teachers used to disagree with the use of calculators in exams because we needed to “use [our] natural resources” – our brain. We’d be advised that machines are prone to errors and with their use we limit the exertion on our brains and hence leave school “stupid.”Following a recent… Continue reading Democratization Does Not Equal Westernization
If you take a look at our situation in The Gambia closely, a few things stand out and they are unmissable, but you have to look very closely, draw parallels and you will be able to see the correlation. Noticed how just a few years ago some of us shied away from acknowledging we are… Continue reading The Gambia Does Not Have A Tribal Problem
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