New ideas can be exciting; they fuel enthusiasm especially when there is a need for change. But change always meets resistance leading to the emergence of factions. When the initial enthusiasm dies down and the real work of marching towards that change begins, the challenges reveal themselves. Not unlike more advanced democracies like the US… Continue reading Can unity be achieved ahead of 2026
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The UDP flagbearer – When reverence and loyalty clash with popularity and ambition
As the Gambia's largest opposition party, the United Democratic Party (UDP) is set to conclude its ongoing process to select a candidate as flagbearer for the upcoming presidential elections in 2026, all eyes are on the party and who they would unveil as flag bearer. As we write this article, three people have emerged as… Continue reading The UDP flagbearer – When reverence and loyalty clash with popularity and ambition
Buildup to 2026
Are Gambian voters moved by issues? Sir Dawda K. Jawara In July 1986, a new political party; the People’s Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) hit the political stands of The Gambia. By this date, The Gambia had been independent from British colonial rule for just over two decades. Since the country became independent… Continue reading Buildup to 2026
A tyrant’s desire
It is customary that during Eid celebrations, Muslim religious leaders pay a visit to the seat of power at State House where they meet with the president and some within his cabinet. Such visits are in line with tradition and customary practices within the Gambian cultural set up when people visit each other, pray for… Continue reading A tyrant’s desire
Fueling tribalism
...will Gambians yield to bigotry or stand up unified against it and celebrate our diversity in cultural values, or will we give it a pass and open the floodgates to irreversible animosity whose ultimate end will be catastrophic for all.
The erosion of our ways
In an earlier post a few years ago, I decried the erosion of our various Gambian cultural values and identities. It appears that phenomenon of self-immolation, is worse than it was then and getting increasingly worse as the years tick by. Cultures are nations onto themselves and constitute the original meaning of what a nation… Continue reading The erosion of our ways
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