Fatoumatta: Some political commentary does not seek to illuminate but to agitate; it does not interrogate facts but arranges them like stage props; it does not aspire to intellectual honesty but to theatrical suspicion. Musa Bassadi Jawara has, once again, chosen that path. His latest missive, a melodramatic prophecy of […]
By Kebeli Demba Nyima, Atlanta, USA The editorial in Gambiana rightly captures the drama surrounding Ahmed Talib Bensouda’s abrupt retreat from the UDP flagbearer contest, but the deeper story lies in what comes next. And here, one must resist the temptation of easy romanticism about “going independent.” History, both British […]