By Saul Saidykhan
The largest Gambian Age brackets are those Under 30 years old. Over 70% of Gambians fall in these categories (going by the latest CIA figures.) The Median age in Gambia is 21 years old. The Gambia was ruled by a brutal and barbaric dictator for 22 years until fourteen months ago. For the sake of convenience, if we assume that the 70 % of Gambians under 30 were all 7 years old when Yahya Jammeh took power, it is logical to conclude that this large majority of Gambian citizens unwittingly don’t know what democracy is since they’ve NEVER lived it. They were only beginning their schooling when Jammeh came along and did both Elementary and Secondary School under his oppressive and stifling dictatorship. Thus, the general confusion about what democracy in Gambia really means. Read more: https://www.mantankara.com/single-post/2018/03/28/GRTS-PLEASE-START-A-PROGRAM-ON-DEMOCRACY
Saul said “The good news is, unlike the “Gambia Has Decided” gang who USED Jammeh’s organized chaos to get rich, genuine activists know the struggle against the Jammeh dictatorship in Gambia DID NOT start on December 9th, 2016, but over twenty years earlier”.
You have brilliantly and honestly articulated the hypocrisy of so called “Gambia has decided” gang who are working hard to hijack our democracy. These people believe in Baboon works and money eat philosophy. None of these people were even noticeable in the country when Jammeh was killing , looting and jailing innocent citizens. I have never heard about Dr Ceesay even though I knew majority of faculty members at the university of The Gambia. Dr Ceesay is like White House party crashers who were caught uninvited because they wanted to be seen and known .