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LIVING MEMORY OF AMILCAR CABRAL

The fearless revolutionary, thinker and theoretician Amilcar Cabral led the liberation fight that ended Portuguese colonial domination in Guinea Bissau.

He was assassinated in January 20, 1973.

Below is a quote from his powerful revolutionary thinking:

"In fact, culture is always in the life of a society (open or closed), the more or less the conscious result of the economic and political activities of that society….The experience of colonial domination shows that, in effort to perpetuate exploitation, the colonizers not only creates a system to repress cultural life of the colonized people; he also provokes and develops the cultural alienation of a part of the population, either by so called assimilation of indigenous people, or by creating a social gap between the indigenous elites and the popular masses.

History proves that it is much less difficult to dominate and continue dominating a people whose culture is similar or analogous to that of the conqueror. …[I]t happens that a considerable part of the population, notably the urban or peasant petite bourgeoisie, assimilates to the colonizers mentality, considers itself culturally superior to its own people and ignores or looks down upon their cultural values.”

CABRAL

12/04/2020

The Gambia Government has declared Mr Ali Youssef Sharara persona non grata and banned him from entering Gambian territorial jurisdiction. This decision is contained in the White Paper issued by Gambia Government in reaction to the findings and recommendations of the Janneh Commission. See below the...

10/04/2020

By Lamin Njie Constitutional Review Commission chief has fired back at those accusing his commission of delivering to Gambians a draft constitution that is heavily plagiarised. The CRC on 30 March submitted the draft constitution to President Adama Barrow bringing an end to its nearly two years work...

09/04/2020

After a judge ordered the return of the property police seized from Bryan Carmody during a raid, the department ratcheted up its attack.

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Former president Yahya Jammeh’s safety is not guaranteed if he returns without the permission of The Gambia government, the government spokesman has said. Ebrima Sankareh told The Point newspaper that “If former President Jammeh insists in coming to this country without the permission of The Gam...

08/04/2020

Senior officials of the Ministry of Health including the permanent secretary, deputy permanent secretary, senior staff of the budget and procurement departments have been implicated in a corruption scandal involving the country’s coronavirus funds.  A whistleblower last week named the senior offi...

08/04/2020

Last night, my UDP friend from Jarra, currently in US, called over the phone. He reminded me of some heavy Mandinka proverbs- “Ding Ding Buwa mang sanari longg”. He said that in relation to the D500m Barrow Gov promised for CV19 fight. He said it has occupied poor people’s heads, and if they don’t eat part of it during lockdown, it will case serious issues for Barrow Gov, never mind the other D500m offered by the World Bank/UN whatever! People can’t suffer knowing there are funds meant for them.
Barrow government seems to be trading behind time. They seem to think Gambia is still in the 70s and 80s, when the Gov could say something and that would be it. There was no capacity to dig up stuff and verify it that time. We were in the dark. Not anymore.
Does Barrow Gov need figures/statistical data to say to Gambians, we will offer you free water and electricity, plus discounted or free transport for keyworkers, cut taxes etc? Do they need statistics to know how many rural communities aren’t working and live from hand-to-mouth?
When they go begging In The West, for loans and grants, they use these exact statistics to secure funds. Suddenly, when it is time for the same funds to seep down to the people they were meant for, they can’t find the figures. JOKE THING!

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Mahmud jibril, the former head of the rebel government that overthrew former Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi in 2011,

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As of April 06, Libya has recorded 18 cases of the coronavirus with one death.

05/04/2020

By Lamin Fatty A Senegalese Gendarmerie patrol team on Tuesday, 31st March 2020 intercepted a Gambian Bonga fish seller and seized his motorcycle. Lamin Ceesay, a native of Fadia K***a in Wulli West District is a renowned fishmonger in the border villages in the Gambia and Senegal who uses his motor...

04/04/2020

The National Assembly member for Janjangbureh on Friday asked the Ministry of Health to explain how it would be spending the eye-watering 500 million dalasi fund allocated to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the country. President Barrow last month announced that the Health ministry will be oversee...

04/04/2020

Police Arrest Imam of Jarra Kani K***a for Leading Friday Prayers COVID-19Security By Kebba Jeffang On Apr 3, 2020 1 Imam Alhagie Kawsu Saidykhan The imam of Jarra Kani K***a, Alhagie Kawsu Saidykhan has been arrested for defying the presidential proclamation shortly that bans all religious congrega...

04/04/2020

National Assembly Approves 45 Days of State of Public Emergency across Gambia National AssemblyPolitics By Kebba Jeffang On Apr 4, 2020 2 National Assembly in session The National Assembly of The Gambia has approved the extension of State of Public Emergency across the country to 45 days to allow th...

03/04/2020

Kill tribalism, don't kill tribalists but shame them to tears till they feel they never worth existing. ....

03/04/2020

By Lamin Njie The Gambia Prison Service has launched a massive manhunt after 21 people escaped from Jeshwang prison. Jeshwang prison has now become notorious for jailbreaks with the most elaborate coming in August 2018 when 20 inmates escaped from the prison. A chief inspector prison officer was lat...

03/04/2020

The Gambia’s Health ministry on Thursday said 51 people in quarantine have been discharged after completing their 14 days mandatory quarantine.  It comes a day after two Gambian patients recovered from the deadly coronavirus disease. The two are the 28-year-old Gambian woman who was first person ...