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Campaigning is Poetry, Governing is Prose
Campaigning is poetry:
Anyone can come up with a verse,
A sound bite and an applaud line.
Governing is but prose:
Not…
Wahtaani Aajuma with Amran Gaye Episode #6: “Doff Yi”: My…
In 2011, while in college in the US, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was a new label, for things I had always felt, as…
Your Last Gambian Unicorn
To many, I am an illusion;
To some, an allusion.
You see, words are my toys,
And writing my pastime.
When I reach out,
I come…
Real Men Divorce…
Real men divorce,
Keeping it real.
The weak ones do not,
Even when they should,
To keep up appearances.
The weaklings…
A Stillness, In The Flurry Of My Departure
The singer said, in a pitiful attempt at art,
“My girl, you’re looking like a billion dollars.”
I chuckled
and returned my eyes…
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,…