The parents of Iman Conta describe her “as a special, inspiring child who hits the music industry like a storm. Demba Conta and Zannah Hultén are proud of a young girl whose composed song tops music chat, selling more than 80 million copies. “Iman is something new that the music world […]
Society
10 Solid Reasons To Oppose Jammeh
Before my residence in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and SENEGAL I served as one of the energetic, charisma, articulated young female youth mobilizers in BANJUL CENTRAL, who was part of the organizing committee for the ruling PPP in BANJUL,which was the dominant party from 1965 to 1994. Before […]
Tradition Versus Modernity
Time to end forceful approach to issues by making dialogue and intelligent reasoning the method to convince others. The response to those who ask if I support President Jammeh’s views on skin bleaching, which was made with contempt and misplace remarks. This is my brief observation. As a traditionalist and […]
Gambia’s Dreadful Cost Of Transport
Prices of everything are increasingly increasing. There is no control over prices. The price of commodities increases day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. One needs to spend a huge amount of cash in order to purchase basic necessities. It is commonly said that The Gambia is […]
Time To Defund ICC
Another interesting piece about ICC and our Fatou. Luntango Sunn Gann Gi has written enough about this, so no more to say, except to add that a budget of $140 million a year, 700 staff, and $2 BILLION spent to get only TWO convictions BOGGLES the mind! Time to defund […]
The ICC’s McDonaldization of Justice
Ocampo And Bensouda Are Clowns It is a sad state of affairs when the International Criminal Court and its behaviour since it was established in 2002 can be described as the “McDonaldization” of justice. It is however a very apt analogy. “McDonaldization” is defined by American sociologist George Ritzer as […]
I Reject Transformation Of Quran
REFORM ISLAM OR RE-ASSESS AND RE-EVALUATE SOURCE DOCUMENTS (HADITH, SHARIA) AND THEIR SUPPLEMENTARY ROLE IN ISLAM By Bax One does not have to be a great philosopher or thinker to see that humanity has reached a very critical juncture in its existence, and how we navigate our way past this […]
Perpetuation Of Dictators: What Factors Are Responsible?
By Ebou Gaye It is common knowledge that many dictators succeed in perpetuating themselves or staying too long in power contrary to the wishes of their opponents and the earnest efforts made to depose them. This phenomenon leads many people to believe or argue that those dictators are intelligent, wise, […]
Imam Gassama’s Fund Drive Begins
The family of Imam Cherno Gassama is appealing to the general public to help them keep up with daily feeding. When Imam Cherno Gassama took to the pulpit on Friday October 30 2015, the cleric came in as a servant of God and as a leader very well aware […]
Independence Revisited – Part Two
By Baba Galleh Jallow It was not only chiefs and colonial officials who made strange statements during African independence ceremonies. Taking a cue from their party leadership, ruling party stalwarts and newspapers loudly exhorted their countrymen to put all their political differences aside and join the ruling party. The practice […]
Minnesota: Gambian Association Elects New Executive
NEW EXECUTIVE TAKES OVER IN JANUARY 2016 By Lamin Sabally, Minneapolis, MN On Saturday November 28, 2015, community of Gambians in Minnesota have congregated at the community mosque to elect new executive members of their association that will take charge of its affairs for another two year term […]
Deconstructing Islam And Muslims
By Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh In the wake of the terrific multiple terrorist attacks in France, proponents of the inevitable clash of civilisations were quick to claim that Muslims cannot coexist peacefully with others. They claim that Islam is inherently violent, aggressive and cannot adapt to the so-called “Western” values. […]