Society

Society

Sankanu: ‘My Article Touches Nerves’

This Ejike Asigubu is one of the Mafias promoting the “godfatherism” culture of greed that has kept the Nigerian film industry from moving beyond the Nollywood junk. Even if my piece was substandard, I am glad it is having an impact. Over 16,000 people have read and shared it across […]

Religion Society

Of Karan Madiba And Serign Touba

Karan Madiba Diaby and Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba [Serign Touba] were both known for their steadfastness in teaching and propagation of Islam. Both had huge followers, students and disciples in the world. Like Serign Bamba, Karan Madiba was not interested in worldly materials; he herefore divided his time between worshipping Allah, […]

Society

Navigating The Obstacles

By Baba Galleh Jallow Moments after I shared my article “Looking Beyond the Power-Grab” on one of the Gambian community list serves, a critic hit the reply button and called it “cowardly academic crap.” After contemplating his “cowardly academic crap” for a while, I hit the reply button and sent […]

Society

Support Musa Ngum’s Family

PRESS RELEASE: MUSA NGUM FUND RAISING DRIVE INITIATED. SUPPORT THE FAMILY OF A LEGEND With the approval and permission of the family of the late Gambian Legendary musician Musa Affia Ngum, a Musa Ngum Memorial Committee has been setup to facilitate few projects geared towards raising funds to support Musa’s […]

Society

Tributes Pour On Musa Ngum

By Abdouliee John As Senegambia’s emblematic figure has been laid to rest in the holy city of Touba, Senegal, tributes are continuously being paid to a musician that dedicated his life to foster unity between Senegal and The Gambia. The late Musa Afia Ngum believed and campaigned for the unification […]

Society

The Disengaged Public

  By Baba Galleh Jallow African publics are generally disengaged from the politics of their countries. Paradoxically, they are also generally saddened by the politics of their countries. This paradox seems to affirm the view that if you do not get involved with politics, politics will still get involved with […]

Society

Journalist, Writer Cry Foul

Vow To File Complaint Against Senegal Border Police Mistreatment By Abdoulie John Barely a week after allegedly being mistreated for refusing to pay bribe, former Gambian press union Vice President, Baboucarr Ceesay and a Sierra Leonian writer, Cherno Alpha M Bah, have expressed their intention to file a complaint against the Senegalese border police […]