By Sutay Kuta Sanneh Sutay The danger of Single Narrative My Mandinka brother Natta, started by reminding me of the old Mandinka adage: “Kumo fore nyaa yeh kumo tinyaa leh” but conveniently fall short of completing this beautiful adage: Barri Kumo fanang fore nyaa yeh kumo dedaa leh! You see, […]
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Barrow’s Fierce Urgency of Now
By Saul Saidykhan The stories about the horror Black Africans go through in North Africa in transit to Europe via the Mediterranean has been known for years now. Yet, African leaders generally haven’t done much to stand up for their citizens. As usual, it has to take the intervention of […]
The False Labelling Of Gambia Gov’t
By Natta Mass A response to Sutay Kata Sanneh I am sure our widely read brother has heard of the saying; “It is not what you say, it’s how you say it.” Just like the old Mandinka adage; Kumo fore nyaa yeh kumo tinyaa leh. Believe it or not we […]
The Janneh Commission and Lessons from American slavery
By Saul Saidykhan I believe Yahya Jammeh’s greatest gift to us Gambians is he has forced those of us who were adults before he came along (now 40 years and over) to reveal our true characters unwittingly. Before Jammeh, Gambians enjoyed a relatively stable and evolving democracy. Generally, one could […]
Mai Fatty’s Removal Rings A Bell
By Kemo Kinteh I am a believer that we have made progress. A 22 year maladministration cannot be undone in a year or two. The government is making visible efforts to tackle the economy, the tourism industry is getting competitive, more Gambians are vacationing home and bringing in foreign exchange […]
Barrow Proves His Critics Wrong
By Alhagi Touray Who said President Adama Barrow is a lame duck or an accidental president whose policies are being decided by people around him? Recent events in Banjul showed the contrary. President Barrow is fully in charge of the presidency. No one is dictating him. Whatever the reasons are […]
Give The Guy A Break!
Give the guy a break for Allah’s sake! What is all this smear [campaign all about?] Just to shame and humiliate him! All this without one iota of evidence from Gambia Government. Yet you the same people eating and sleeping on Mai Fatty have ample evidence at the Janneh Commission […]
Re: It’s Our Time To Eat
By Horeja Jobarteh True talk, true talk and words of wisdom but only the wise shall ponder and agree to the truth. Hypocrites shall never agree to facts even though the signs are bold and clear, the blind supporters follow the same steps as the Disbelievers old saying, “we found […]
We Need To Penetrate Echo Chambers Of Toxic Noise
Woooowwww!!!! This Powerful and Enlightening piece should be translated in every local language and included as a core element of a widespread national dialogue as within the structure of a much needed comprehensive, culturally and linguistically competent civic education. What had been happening in social media signals a larger sociopolitical […]
Gambians And Their Political Dishonesty
By Janko Camara “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell There are two things in this world – Truth and Falsehood. We all have a choice; that choice is […]
Barrow Isn’t A Rookie Leader
Now that Mr. Mai Fatty [former Interior Minister] has spoken clearly that he has never betrayed the oath of office, it is very important for us to accept the fact that the president has every right to fire any political appointees like ministers. Whether the insider’s story is true or […]
“IT’s OUR TIME TO EAT”
The “New Gambia”. Telling this story from the point of view of when the oppressed becomes the oppressor: First, let me begin with this famous quote in order to set the stage for my narrative. “The words came before the bullets and machetes in Rwanda, the words came before the […]