Fatoumatta: Born on 18 September 1942 in Sambang Wolof, Niamina West, Alhagie Fafa Edirissa Mbai rose from rural obscurity to become one of The Gambia’s most formidable legal minds, Attorney General in two republics, author, public intellectual, and constitutional sentinel. On what would have been his eightyโfourth birthday today, the […]
Author’s Note. Fatoumatta: In a week dedicated to honoring the custodians of our Republic’s conscience, today’s Thursday Tribute turns its gaze toward one of the most consequential legal minds in Gambian history. Barrister Sourahata Baboucarr SemegaโJanneh stands among that rare generation of jurists whose courage fortified the nation when its […]
Fatoumatta: Some political commentary does not seek to illuminate but to agitate; it does not interrogate facts but arranges them like stage props; it does not aspire to intellectual honesty but to theatrical suspicion. Musa Bassadi Jawara has, once again, chosen that path. His latest missive, a melodramatic prophecy of […]
by Malick H.B Jallow Esq.Recently, the attention of the public has been captivated by remarks of a tribal dimensionattributed to Imam Baba Leigh. Specifically Imam Leigh made comments deemedderogatory towards the mandinka tribe. It is noteworthy that Imam Leigh has since offered an unreserved apology to all. It is alsonoteworthy […]
