Fatoumatta: The book “Fake Rebels: (Bush Poetry, 2022) by Philippe Bernier Arcand delves into a significant issue within our democracies. It discusses how the backlash against political correctness has unleashed racist, sexist, and xenophobic rhetoric. The author suggests that conservative and reactionary factions are crafting narratives and adopting stances that […]
The Beggars’ Strike by Aminata Sow Fall. Review by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: Aminata Sow Fall’s Novel, The Beggars’ Strike, accounts for a fictional strike in a West African Muslim-dominated society, notably Senegal. The Beggars’ Strike tells the story of an Islamic community caught between the pressures of traditional and […]
Fatoumatta: Violence is never a solution in Gambia. The Italian Marxist philosopher and journalist Antonio Gramsci, in Notebook 3 of his prison writings, observes that crises occur when “the old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; in this interregnum, a great variety of morbid symptoms […]
“To say that the president cannot be criticized, whether right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and submissive but also morally treasonous to the American public.” – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the U.S. (1858-1919) Fatoumatta: Two former Presidents of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt (26th President) and John […]