Agree to it or not, a riot is a form of protestation. It is not ideal, it is usually unnecessary, and spurred on by sudden onset of rage but it is a form of protest nonetheless. Some will argue it is a valid form of protest in certain circumstances such as when dealing with tyrants… Continue reading Rioting Is A Form Of Protest
Looking from the outside, non-Gambians often cite our ego and pride. How we hold grudges and find it hard to let go. This is usually said of Africans in general. But it seems with us, Gambians our ego and pride stands in the way of a lot of things. We hate being wrong and often loathe… Continue reading What Values Do You Uphold?
We decried Yaya for exactly the same reason, that he ruled based on his whims; a typical Gambian if you ask me. Those he favored or those who benefitted from him never saw him for the monster he was.They blamed his victims. Reason, logic, process and procedure; these are concepts that are meaningless and it… Continue reading Our Emotionally Charged Nation
Our smiling coast is not so cohesive as we’d like to believe post dictatorship. But like most things Gambian, we’d rather be in denial or downplay issues than confront them and deal with them in an honest objective manner. If we choose to deal with issues at all, we cloud the actual issue with biased… Continue reading Sensationalism Sells; But…
Our laws, crime, and punishment should take into account our value systems, beliefs, economic realities and a whole host of other factors unique to our situation.
Here we are, diluting the issues yet again. Instead of looking at what constitutes sedition, we’re invoking emotions. "This is what Yaya did to stifle dissent and freedoms"; really? But what is sedition? “Conduct or speech INCITING people to REBEL (not oppose) against the AUTHORITY of a state or monarch." - Google So then what… Continue reading Seditious or Not Seditious
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
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