Political Patronage: “KU BOKA C GETA GEE NAN C MEOW MEE” Diasporans who have returned with merit and those who formerly struggled for The Gambia’s liberation deserve a government job as a “sacrifice” and patriotic duty. Part I Fatoumatta: The renowned Gambian musician Ali Cham, popularly known by his stage […]
Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow
Supreme Islamic Council represents one symptom of a Gambian disease. Islamic Salafist populism has failed to find its footing within our democracy
Fatoumatta: History will remember President Yahya Jammeh, among others, for enacting significant legislation banning the harmful cultural and traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and ensuring quality and fair representation of women in positions of political leadership within the executive, judiciary, and legislature branches during his rule. I will […]
Did Three Leaders Since Independence Keep the Singapore Dream Alive?
Mamudu: The Gambia has been independent for fifty-nine years. We no longer have the excuses that we are new to the game, just starting, or that we should be allowed our growing pains. All of that is barking nonsense. Singapore gained independence (August 9, 1965) the same year the Gambia […]
The Gambia is a Democracy. Let the Majority Govern and the Opposition Oppose: Why A National Dialogue and What Makes or Breaks National Dialogues?
Fatoumatta: Ross Perot once said, “If you see a snake, just kill it. Do not appoint a committee on snakes”. Gambians are either setting up a committee or organizing a conference for everything. This is why we will be stuck in one spot for a long time and left behind […]