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The Boss Bus Driver
The boss is the driver
Of the bus without brakes
With little understanding of traffic rules
And no idea, whatsoever, about GPS…
When Bob Marley Dated Pascaline Bongo, Daughter of Gabon Dictator Omar…
After he broke out as a young Jamaican musical sensation, Bob Marley's career spanned just ten years, yet his global fame was…
Wahtaani Aajuma With Amran Gaye – Episode #5 – Letter to my…
My dear Yama Ada, Best Beloved,
I leave these words imprinted in the sand now, in the hopes that they will get to you before they…
For Children – Maimuna and the Mystery Canoe
Maimuna lived in Kuntaur, right by the river Gambia and next to a tumbledown warehouse. Every evening when the sun is cool and her…
Wahtaani Aajuma With Amran Gaye – Episode #4 – “The Askan…
"After Italy became a unified nation, in 1861, Massimo d’Azeglio, a Piedmontese statesman and novelist, is said to have commented,…
Wahtaani Aajuma with Amran Gaye – Episode 3 – “The Baku,…
The "baku", and the "furrnoe", the old man advises you at your wedding, - these are your domain in the house. Everything else…
Wahtaani Aajuma with Amran Gaye: Episode #2 – “Dayka bi maa ko…
I still remember watching it on GRTS: Jammeh, seated at the head of a wooden table, around him various cabinet ministers and other…
Wahtaani Aajuma with Amran Gaye: Episode #1 – “Monkey…
It began in the morning, with the teacher at the gate, waiting with a hose pipe. Arrive late? fatt. Skirt an inch too short? fatt…
Story Of The Week – The Adventures of Alkatan: Furious Dancing
When the two men reached the outskirts of Kaira Kunda, Afang Njonji suddenly stopped. He turned towards Alkatan, sighed, shook his…
Has The Gambia Decided ?
Has The Gambia really decided ?
If so, decided what ?
Can’t you see all the political divisions in the country,
The tribalism,…