Fatoumatta: Good speeches can be a hallmark of good leadership and an advantage for an excellent advocacy lawyer. A good speech can inspire, motivate, and persuade people to take action. From the times of Caliph Umar Ibn Khattab (r) to the days of Sultan Mehmed, to the eerie days of […]
Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow
Book Review: Review of Acemoglu and Robinson’s “Why Nations Fail”
By Alagi Yorro Jallow (Published November 8, 2023) “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,” authored by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, is a compendium of historical facts and figures synthesized with developmental economic analysis that crossed centuries to answer the question: Why Nations fail boldly? The […]
Book Review: “What If We Were Wrong”
Every so often, as a reader and a writer, you come across a writer whose work is so breathtakingly relatable that you are genuinely scared that there is someone out there who thinks like you and sees life through the same lens as you. You will agree with almost everything […]
Senegambian Journalism Cannibalizes and Suffers with Little Hope for the Future
Fatoumatta: I will speak off the cuff. Also, I will say this to you. No amount of image laundering will save the face of the journalism profession in two neighboring countries, the Gambia and Senegal. I say this to my friends and relative journalists, and I will say this to […]