Creative Writing Eye of the Chicken: The Adventures of Cluck-kan Ya Mallen Jagne May 10, 2020 So, a few days ago, one of my dogs caught some poor hen’s son, the second one in 3 days. It probably belongs to one of the…
Creative Writing Tida Pinti-Panta: A Tale of Hessal, Lakka and Redemption Ya Mallen Jagne May 3, 2020 Tida sells groceries at the little market by the road that leads to the market; onions, tomato paste, palm oil, an endless variety…
Creative Writing Close Your Eyes and See (What Gambia Could Be) Ya Mallen Jagne Apr 17, 2020 I’m an idealist. It has been said many times. By those who merely want to point out the fact, as well as those who make it sound…
Creative Writing Jarrgah, the Djinn and the Tamarind Tree Ya Mallen Jagne Apr 4, 2020 You might have heard the saying “bu nit bugeh dakharr, jineh buga dakharr, ku aek danu”. It is a wolof proverb. If we were to…
Creative Writing Ever Advancing… Ever Receding Ya Mallen Jagne Mar 18, 2020 Two souls, strangers to each other only moments before, inconspicuous in the magnitude of the world, they hover in a dream-like…
Creative Writing Some Meat in the Stew Ya Mallen Jagne Feb 29, 2020 He had rags on. I would call them rags because I'm privileged and the privileged do not know the value of a few strips of cloth on…
Creative Writing The Peak Milk Picture Thing Ya Mallen Jagne Feb 22, 2020 As a child, there were few things I found more fascinating than the picture on the paper wrapped around the tins of Peak Milk.…