By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (with Kim McLarin) Harper. Review by Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: In her first run for President, her opponent’s slogan was, the Stockholm Syndrome “He Killed My Ma, killed My Pa so I Will Vote For Him.” She lost that 1997 election finished second place, won by […]
Author: Alagi Yorro Jallow
President Barrow Consider Appoint Competently, Meritious & Loyal Cabinet & Appoint an ICT Czar
In addition, consider Slash and Merging other Departments and Ministries, mainly the Information, Communication, and Infrastructure and Others. Mamudu: I have asked this fundamental matter of life and death question before, “Do the Gambia Government and President Adama Barrow’s government today ever need a Minister responsible for the Ministry of […]
What does Elon Musk’s Twitter Buyout Mean for Free Speech?
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and one, and only one person was of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”– John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1867, […]
Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
by Ousmane Oumar Kane. Short review By Alagi Yorro Jallow. Fatoumatta: It is a perfect book worth reading for the rest of Ramadan and highly recommended in your home library: When it comes to the intellectual history of black Africa, the discourses seldom go beyond Timbuktu—in contrast, arguing that black […]