I often hear my white conservatives counterparts say that blacks think that the “America owes them something” and that blacks only want entitlements. They make it sound as if America has given blacks everything that they currently have and that blacks have contributed nothing in return. So What Did America […]
Society
Where Are Africa’s Seers?
By Nkwazi Mhango Prophets, We used to have seers They’d see wide and far Ngugi saw butterflies Amah, the ugly ones, Senghor saw Negritude, Chinua saw some osus Nkwazi sees academic toxicity Lumumba sensed the danger Nyamnjoh sings grand narrative’s deceit I see ethical and political prostitutes Let’s rebel against […]
Are Mandinkas Descendants Of Bilal?
For centuries, griots had been and are still narrating the history of the Great Manding Empire and Mandinka people who, according to history, conquered and ruled large swarthe of land in Africa. In fact, a distinguished Senegalese philoshopher Cheikh Anta Diop believed Manding Empire ruled right into Central Africa. The […]
NIA Questions The Voice Editors
Agents of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Wednesday invited five editors The Voice Newspaper for questioning at their headquarters in Banjul. The editors – Musa S. Sheriff, proprietor and Editor-in-Chief; Mafugi Ceesay, Sub-Editor; Amadou Bah, Marketing Officer; Sulayman Ceesay, News Editor and Bakary Ceesay, Editor of Political Desk – […]
SENDGO Leader Tours Europe
PUBLIC NOTICE Senegambia Democracy and Governance Organization (SENDGO), and the Vice Chairperson wishes to inform the general public that, Madam Tuku Jallow, Executive Director and Founder of the Women Affair’s for The Gambia Consultative Council (GCC), is scheduled to travel around Europe as part of the effort to visit diverse […]
12th Muslim Cleric Killed In Uganda
Sheihk Kirya has become the 12th Muslim cleric to be slain in a period of 2 years. As questions still linger on who is behind Muslim killings in Uganda, another cleric was gunned down last night on his way home. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, the Uganda Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga […]
Coup D’etat Rocks Local Football
Football club representatives in Brikama have been reeling with the pain for being elbowed out of the town’s elective congress at the weekend. “What happened at the congress was a coup d’etat perfectly executed by the Governor’s office and the National Sports Council (NSC),” one disappointed football official told Kairo […]
Gambian Journalist Recounts Torture
It is the International Day for Support of Torture Victims and we listen to the story of a Gambian journalist who was a victim. This kind of event is deemed essential, as torture seeks to annihilate the victim’s personality and denies the inherent dignity of the human being. The United […]
Clerics Pray For South Carolina Victims
A renowned Gambian Imam on Wednesday teamed up with clerics of other religious faith to offer prayer and solidarity with people of South Carolina, particularly families of nine killed at Emmanuel Ame Church. Among those killed by the 21-year-old Dylan Roof while at a Bible study last week was Pastor […]
‘Do Your Best During Ramadan’
The Imam Ratib of Detroit Islamic Center has exhorted Muslims to do their “best during the holy month of Ramadan.” Imam Momodou Ceesay’s message is packaged in his annual Ramadan letter to Muslims. “I salute all the Muslims in the world as welcome this very important and great month of […]
Africans In America: A Historical Perspective Of Juneteenth
By Sainey Faye “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.This involves an absolute equality of rights of property between former masters and slaves and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer.The freemen are […]
14th CODESRIA General Assembly In Dakar: A Very Successful Event
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), ranked among the three premier research institutes in Africa, and based in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, held its 14th General Assembly, from June 8-13. Participants and invited guests came from all corners of the globe- united by an overarching […]