By Deyda Hydara In any country around the world, it is the Youths that persistently demand for JUSTICE, EQUALITY and DEMOCRACY. The Gambia is no exception to this rule. Gambian youths should now worry about their future, life and dignity. Sure enough, the elderly parents can offer you ideas, advice […]
Month: October 2015
Bristol Braces For KSA Bike Ride
By Lamin Touray The front runner in the UK based Gambian “charitable organisation of the year 2015”, Kombo Sillah Association will host its first ever charity bike ride in Bristol on Saturday 31st October 2015. Participants will ride from Bristol to Bath to raise money for the association’s work in […]
Domestic Violence: Our Experience
Don’t use your fist, use your mind instead. Is it time for Gambian women to demand a clause in their marriage contract, requesting their husband to-be not to think of marrying a second wife? There are many second wife related divorce cases going on among Gambians in the United States […]
Youths As Agents Of Change In Gambia
The battle line is drawn, and the urgency is upon all of us. Gambian youths should now demand the political space to be open and fair to all players. Youths of The Gambia have been the missing link in the entire 20 years of political struggle. The time has come […]
The Backway
Here, desolate, I stand earnest in thought By these shores of the Mediterranean Where this Blue monster, in deceptive calm, lies heaving sighs in its roiling, uneasy sleep Then like a horde of a thousand ghosts, Awakened, the blue swells surge Flowing like the tears of doomed souls Doomed souls […]
Salary Nightmares In Gambia
Dictator of eating from hand to mouth His government’s pay scale is so low that the highest paid civil servants cannot survive on their salaries for 15 days without overdrafts and shop loans. The grade 12 salary is not more than D8000 per month for permanent secretaries, senior civil servants, Assistant […]
A Deeper Look Into Mansa Musa’s Life
Paula Wilson When we think of the wealthiest people in the world, we most often think of theWaltons (of Wal-Mart fame), Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates. However, if you go a bit further back in history, you’ll discover that the wealth of the kings, queens, and rulers of yesteryear trumps […]
The Rise And Fall Of Futa Almamate
The war between Futa and Kabou History lecturer, Ensa Touray yet again brings us the interesting episode of the Futa Almamate, their rise and fall and violent war with the Soninke Kabunkas. Ensa interviewed people from both historical sides, and the final product in enriching and appetizing making us long […]
Sam Sarr vs. Gambia’s “Boko Haram Imams”
By Luntango Suun Gaan Gi Sam’s piece in the Daily Observer of 26 October 2015 (reproduced below) makes me think immediately of George W Bush and Tony Blair who called anyone who disagreed with them a “terrorist”. But let us focus on facts. Does Sam really believe that there are […]
Processed Meat Causes Cancer
Like your daily hot dog or bacon sandwich? You may want to think again. The World Health Organization said Monday that eating processed meat such as sausages and ham causes cancer, while unprocessed red meat may also be carcinogenic. The WHO’s cancer research unit now classifies processed meat as “carcinogenic […]
Gambia Ranks 4th Poorest Country
Despite President Yahya Jammeh’s endless rhetoric of turning The Gambia into a donor country, Silicon Valley of Africa or food self-sufficient, the West African nation today ranks the 4th poorest country in the world, ahead of only Malawi, Central African Republic and Burundi. This is not Jawara’s Gambia known for […]
Let’s Keep Up The Momentum!
Gambian opposition in general are good at creating or generaring political momentum but their problem lies in sustaining it. The main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) is no exception here. The truth is that even the party’s ambitious, able-bodied and energy-filled youths complain about this waekness. They keep wondering when […]