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By Yero Jallow This one is really funny. Yeteh Bah again I was told. Baldeh Bolong “Tahyor” and Bah Pullo “Gainako”. As can be clearly seen, Baldeh Bolong was the village tailor and Bah Pullo was the shepherd. They were both in love with their professions. The two gentlemen fell in love with the beautiful girl. As soon as both realized that they were all talking to the same girl, they started being jealous and aggressive to one another. Tahyor went to the girl and informed her that Gainako was a mad man who wears tattered clothes and keep talking…
By Sainey Faye May 8th, 1943- On this date Aline Sittoe Diatta (Jatta) was arrested by the French colonial forces. Aline Sittoe Diatta was born in 1910, whilst others say 1920; but was not born inside or out of royalty in the African society of Kabrousse; which was once a a kingdom of the Jolas.The society of Kabrousse is strategically located on the Atlantic coast south of Cape Skirring in Casamance. The history of Casamance is very similar to its present day cousins of Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau.As a matter of fact the same colonial forces that divided these territories were the same…
The “Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2013”, also known as “The Principal Act”, was passed unanimously by the Gambian National Assembly on 16 April. Amnesty International is concerned that the Principal Act could be used by the government to restrict fundamental human rights, contrary to the Gambia’s regional and international human rights obligations. In particular, Sections 114 and 167 of the Principal Act could be used to restrict the right to freedom of expression, assembly and association. Further, Section 167 is in violation of the right to non-discrimination.[1]
2013 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards Winners The African Diaspora World Tourism Awards was a success in that people from all around the world attended. Please check out our winners! Our crowning apex award for ‘Person of the Year’ went to Dr. Ewart Brown of Bermuda, who was recognized because of the work that he has done in re-igniting interest in preserving, developing and promoting African Diaspora Heritage Trails around the world. He took up the mantle that was the brainchild of the late David Allen, former minister of tourism of Bermuda, who initiated the African Diaspora Heritage Trails (ADHT) Conferences. Dr. Brown carried on…
Mother’s day 2013 weekend is here already , and Atlanta Gambians are once again making preparations to attend the fifth annual Mother’s Day Picnic scheduled to take place on Sunday May 12th, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia. Click on Image/link to watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MdPrE85gJGo#t=18s Organized on behalf of Gambian women and children, GFAA is hereby inviting Gambians and friends from all over to attend this remarkable weekend picnic to meet with friends and enjoy with your family.
I have been asked by the grassroots supporters of our party to respond to comments you made at your Press Conference which merit clarification. It is my personal opinion that it is not a sign of magnanimity to add insult to injury. Your party has already suffered defeat and you are entitled to make comments to save whatever is left of its integrity and political viability. I am pushed by party members to write because of their insistence that the position of PDOIS which led it to become a member of the Group of Six has been distorted by your…
By Lamin Sabally- Minneapolis, Minnesota Leaning heavily on recent local newspaper reports on the Gambia’s celebrations of the international media or press freedom day, hopes appear to be increasingly illuminating with the expressed initiation of a concrete dialogue process between the Gambia government and its strange bedfellow, the independent media practitioners in the Gambia. Among indicators illuminating that hope, was the presence, at the Tango venue of the Minister of Information, Communication and Infrastructure, who is also one of Gambia’s finest writers and distinguished associates of the Gambia Press Union, Nana Grey Johnson. His presence among diplomats, Media chiefs, leadership…
ON THE PENDING CASES REGARDING FALSE INFORMATION TO THE PRESIDENT Your noble profession emerged from the realization that the unalloyed justice must be derived from careful weighing and balancing of law and fact to separate the grain of truth from the chaff. This is inconceivable without the codification of laws aimed at protecting persons and society at large and ensuring that accused persons develop greater faith in a criminal justice system by knowing what they are accused of and being presumed innocent before one’s trial and given a fair hearing to determine one’s innocence or guilt. The guards and fences…
By Sulayman Jeng, UK Sitting in the park teeming with people enjoying a sunny day of the volatile British weather, I gazed afar curbing in nature’s beauty punctuated by oases of people doing one thing or another whilst my mind wandered nomadically. As my train of thoughts gathered momentum, I could not help but flirt with the feeling that you will soon emerge from your compartment of self-denial and gather that you have already inflicted enough havoc on Gambians and the Gambia. Equipped with a sense of guilt and remorse, you will trek the path of national reconciliation by taking…