PRESS RELEASE: MUSA NGUM FUND RAISING DRIVE INITIATED. SUPPORT THE FAMILY OF A LEGEND With the approval and permission of the family of the late Gambian Legendary musician Musa Affia Ngum, a Musa Ngum Memorial Committee has been setup to facilitate few projects geared towards raising funds to support Musa’s family after his suddenly died in Dakar last Sunday October 11th 2015 which left the entire Senegambian community and beyond in shock and total sadness. Known for his golden voice and inspiring lyrics, Musa was the embodiment of decency, humility and Pan Africanism. He was the foremost advocate for…
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“The fact that we Gambians have to know about this from second hand sources speaks volumes on the way we are treated as non-humans by those running our country” NIGERIAN AND GHANAIAN HOME VIDEO PROSTITUTES AND HUSTLERS MUST STOP SCAVENGING OUR MEAGRE GAMBIAN RESOURCES By Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, Gambian Filmmaker and Scholar on African Cinema First of all, various Nigerian and Ghanaian media outlets reported that the President of my country HE Alhagie Yahya AJJ Jammeh has recently allocated portions of our Gambian lands to some Nigerian and Ghanaian entertainers. The fact that we Gambians have to know…
Tuesday, 13 October 2015 Today marks the first time, and a welcome opportunity, that a head of government is presiding over the Council’s meeting on women, peace, and security. I thank His Excellency the President of Spain for chairing this debate today, for the priority Spain has given to this issue since joining the Council, and for Spain’s championing of gender equality for many years. I also thank the UK for their leadership on Women, Peace and Security in this Council. I would like to recognize our three civil society briefers, Julienne Lusenge from the Democratic Republic of Congo,…
Brief thoughts on immigration in American Politics by Fatou Jaw Manneh Let me point out right away that I do not consider myself an expert on American politics. Even after living in the US for more than a decade, and claiming to be a political commentator about my faraway homeland, I will admit that there is still a lot I don’t know about the politics here. America has a very complex history, is always changing and full of surprises. As a refugee and due to my African culture and tradition, I am very grateful for the freedoms I…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 14 October 2015 14 people, including two children, killed: six shot in the back Hundreds injured by beatings and live ammunition, including a child born with a bullet wound Commission of inquiry should investigate recent and historical abuses Burkina Faso’s former presidential guard displayed a cold-blooded disregard for human life, killing 14 unarmed protesters and bystanders and wounding hundreds more with automatic weapons following last month’s coup d’état, Amnesty International said today. Whilst General Gilbert Diendere, who led the coup, and General Djibril Bassole, former Foreign Minister, have been arrested and charged with crimes including attacking state…
So many advisers so little good advice it would seem. At least it seems sage counsel was lacking before President Geingob chose to accept an award from little known UK-based magazine African Leadership. During his recent trip to the US, Geingob has been speaking proudly of a “New Africa” – a continent that has turned away from authoritarian rule and instead embraces electoral democracy. Yet on September 18 in Washington DC, Geingob took part in a ceremony that in part appeared to be a publicity stunt organised to boost the image of Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh. Award scorned According to news reports in…
Statement from The Gambian Independent Candidate on the passing away of The Gambia’s legendary Musician Musa Ngum My family and I deeply mourn the loss of The Gambia’s legendary Musician Musa Ngum fondly called “Musa Afia Ngum”. The Late Musa Ngum was instrumental and dedicated in keep together the ties between The Gambia and Senegal through his musical lyrics for over two decades. He lived a humble life as a young man till he became of age as a ‘Baye Fall’. His ‘Baye-Fall’ life emanated from him being the follower of Cheikh Ibrahima Fall a disciple of the ever Grand…
By Baba Galleh Jallow African publics are generally disengaged from the politics of their countries. Paradoxically, they are also generally saddened by the politics of their countries. This paradox seems to affirm the view that if you do not get involved with politics, politics will still get involved with you. In other words, human beings are essentially political beings. Among the majority of Africans, including a large section of modern day intellectuals, politics is shrugged off as really not that important, as a dirty game, as something that just has to be endured. Since Africans cannot really ignore their national…
African Leadership Magazine has from inception positioned itself as a Pan-African medium, dedicated to telling the African story through the lenses of Africans. The magazine’s philosophy is founded on the premise that, too many platforms are already promoting the trite headlines of hunger, war, disease and famine, and all things evil about Africa. Before now, if it is not negative news, it wasn’t worth reporting by some major international news outlets. Hence the need to present the other side of the story – the untold successes. It is for this reason that the African Leadership Magazine seeks to promote the…
By Mathew K Jallow It is one more addition to the venality of the demonic regime; an old story observed and reviewed through new moral lenses. And it is the scathing criticism of a military regime whose catastrophic reign of terror is reassessed through the prism of ethics and morality. The conversations, last week, centering on Yahya Jammeh’s abuse of Gambian girls, and the elevation of this long-running debauchery to a higher level of national conversation, is, again shining new light on an age-old moral dilemma. The sexual exploitation of Gambian girls, by the system, which runs the gambit; from…