Some 34 years ago or thereabout, I would come to know Ebrima Cambi through a mutual friend in Brikama. I had finished High School and just starting the Sixth Form at Gambia High School where the same mutual friend was also in Upper Six. He was known to many as […]
Society
The British Colonial Mismatch
The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonized is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonized in Asia is India (which then comprised the present day Pakistan and Bangladesh). When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonized, they brought along […]
Think of What You Can Add More Than What You Can Take
There was a circulated photo of a vulture waiting for a starving Sudanese girl to die and feast on her during the 1993 famine in Sudan. The photo was taken by Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist who later won the Pulitzer Prize for this ‘amazing’ shot (edited and left […]
Six Leadership Principles To Learn From An Eagle
1. Eagles fly alone and at high altitudes. They don’t fly with sparrows, Ravens and other small birds. Meaning: Keep away from small minds. Those that bring you down. Eagles fly with eagles. Keep good company. 2. Eagles have an accurate Vision. They have an ability to focus on something […]
Nigerian Fatally Killed In Italy
Police in Italy arrested an Italian man in the slaying of a Nigerian vendor whose brutal beating death on a busy beach town thoroughfare was filmed by onlookers without any apparent attempt to intervene physically. Read more: https://thegrio.com/2022/07/30/african-immigrant-assault-italy-video/?utm_source=social_2&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=safemobsemi&dicbo=v1-424bc46b9d29081edfb83f812a18f2ac-0065c424386a38c12437ffb0771f4ea495–
My Take on BRICS Single Currency to be Formed and used as an International Currency Reserve
For the BRICS currency to be formed and used as international currency reserve, a couple of couplings and de-couplings need to happen in the International financial systems of BRICS countries mainly in China with regards to the Chinese Reminbi (RMB/ Yuan). Without the RMB made stronger and healthier than its […]
Imam Takes The Bull By The Horns
Imam Lamin Touray of Gunjur has taken the bull by the horns and delivered what has become one of the most truthful sermons. Imam Touray used the Edul Adha pulpit to take on Gambians who go against what Allah has decreed. Click on the video above and hear for […]
The Founder of the Pan-African Bank Ecobank
Ludwig Williams MBA MSA2nd Corporate Staff Accountant at NAACP Gervais Koffi Djondo is the founding father of the pan-African bank Ecobank and the airline Asky. Do you know its history? In the 1970s, Koffi Djondo held several positions in the administration of his country, Togo. A great architect of the […]
Gambia UK Mission Awards Bikers
The Gambia High Commission in London today awarded a Certificate of Recognition to Mr Ebra Taal and Assan Saine for representing the Gambia at the biggest charity bike ride in the U.K covering over 150 miles, comprising 250,000 participants last week. Mr Taal and Mr Saine proudly flew the Gambian […]
A Look At Extreme Tribal Sensitivity
An overly sensitive or should we say extremely sensitive society is susceptible to the trivialities of blowing almost every comment out of context. There is no gainsaying that The Gambia, like many other countries, is fast-moving towards the “left radical” on the political spectrum. Many Gambians are unconsciously embracing radical […]
Woman Who Had Her Organ Stolen
Old Man Musing
In loving memory of Dawda Fadera, Gambia’s Ambassador to the United States of America, former Secretary General at the Office of the President !!!!!! It was with much grief that we learned about the sudden and untimely passing of H. E. Dawda Fadera, former Secretary General at the President’s Office […]