Essays

There is such a thing as the older brother complex. For years I have wondered how accurate the term and its description are having...

Two hundred and seventy-one years ago or thereabout, Cherno Kula Njeyo left his native Fouta Toro and sailed across the river to do a...

I have already written about the damage the Chinese Company, Golden Lead Factory is doing in Gunjur and its surrounding towns and villages. But...

By Sherif Bojang My father is a chief. Not a ruler of men in the stature of Sanjally Bojang who used wooden oars to break...

By Musa Bah Of late there has been a lot of rhetoric about religion. It seems religious intolerance is seeping into our country, the Gambia....

One of the most important aspects of the Human Rights issue is the respect and tolerance which society must show towards the religions of...

The recent noise that ensued between Star FM and other stations in the country, after alleged sensationalism was detected in the reports of veteran...

There is one contested topic today: Gambia. When Fangbili was around, he zipped everyone's lips on pressing national issues and dominated the narrative until...

Part 1 – Witness to a country's birth In Enter Gambia - The Birth of An Improbable Nation, a book published in 1967, Berkeley Rice,...

There was an ugly standoff in 2014 when Ahmadis were refused entry into a cemetery to bury their dead in Tallinding by a section...

Historically, the Gambia and Russia's relations have been in existence for far too long. In fact, the two countries have been “very good friends”...