Fatoumatta: There will not be freedom in the world until we understand that our differences make us strong together and never yardsticks for dichotomies. Until we respect each other, the peace and unity we seek in the world are mere wishes! Senegalese international footballer Idrissa Gueye’s refusal to wear a […]
Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow
“Public Relations and Journalism are not the same”
Fatoumatta: Public Relations (PR) and Journalism are not the same. Actual civic Journalists educate and inform the public. PR practitioners inform the public intending to change attitudes and perceptions, and citizen journalism is a catastrophe. It does not take you into critical thinking; instead, some of them feed you on […]
Book Review: Remembering Malcolm X. Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Hailey
Review by Alagi Yorro Jallow. “Never ask a woman about other men; either she will tell you a lie, and you will not still know, or if she tells you the truth, you might not have wanted to hear it in the first place. I have learned enough about women […]
I Will Not Review ‘The Satanic Verses’ or The Satani Novel of What Rushdie Wrote and Why?
Fatoumatta: We must, of course, tread carefully when we get to what over with terms like “religiosity.” Religiosity is not necessarily synonymous with piety, any more than belief in God means total renunciation of the world. As I see it, religiosity is a ritualistic observance of religious practices compounded by […]