Fatoumatta: An Honorary Degree is not earned. It is conferred at the discretion of the institution that awards it. There are no fixed criteria for such degrees. Honorary Doctorates have been awarded for many different reasons: contributions to knowledge, contributions to commerce, contributions to peace, contributions to popular culture, and […]
Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow
Book Review: The Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi
Review by Alagi Yorro Jallow What are some of the sayings you remember from this novel? Fatoumatta: True African classic. The Gods Are Not to Blame is a 1968 play and a 1971 novel by Ola Rotimi. An adaptation of the Greek classic Oedipus Rex, set in an indeterminate Yoruba […]
Suggested Reading List for the President, Advisors, and Cabinet Ministers. For Those Who Want to Lead Must Read
Fatoumatta: Anyone who truly wishes the President and his Cabinet Ministers and his key advisers well must draw their attention to this write-up. Scathing and lengthy as it may appear, this write-up article is not all boring. It highlights what the President and his top-level team need to do to […]
Gambia Needs a Professional Foreign Service, Not Politically Appointed Diplomats, Alagi Yoro Jallow writes
The Gambia’s Foreign Service Recruits’ Quality falling: And Whom Are The Gambia Government Sending As Our Country’s Ambassadors and Diplomatic Corps Abroad? Fatoumatta: Take for granted that there is anything imperial leftover from the colonial past in the Gambia. It is the recruitment method and appointment of foreign service officers […]