Opinion Corruption – Financial Junglers Kill Gambians Too Alagie Barrow Sep 28, 2020 Many deaths in our hospitals are the end result of corruption. So are a lot of fatal accidents on the roads, also triggered by…
Opinion Shed No Tears for the Failed Draft Constitution Abdoulaye Saine Sep 27, 2020 Pardon me if I am not party to the unabated national outcry and blame-game swirling around President Barrow, the CRC, and…
Opinion GUEST EDITORIAL – “I Don’t Blame President Barrow” Alagie Barrow Sep 26, 2020 Ok, so maybe that headline is a bit misleading but it’s meant to be somewhat of a clickbait and I hope it got your attention. It…
Opinion Global Peace and Literature: Perspectives on the Contribution of Writers The Chronicle Sep 26, 2020 I have recently been invited to a panel by Writers Space Africa to talk about global peace and literature; how literature can be…
Opinion Sovereignty, What Sovereignty? By Alagie Barrow Alagie Barrow Sep 22, 2020 I have seen many Gambians take umbrage at the joint statement issued by the various Western embassies in The Gambia. Ordinarily, I…
Opinion A Conversation With The Man (By Alagie Barrow) Alagie Barrow Sep 18, 2020 The man calls me AB. We were sitting by one of the piers of the River Gambia. A short distance away, a few women, singing haunting…
Opinion LETTERS TO GAMBIA – A hostile guide and x-ray machine – 2 Baba Galleh Jallow Sep 13, 2020 Dear Mother Gambia, After reading the first part of my letter to you, someone said there is in fact a second x-ray machine at…
Opinion LETTERS TO GAMBIA – 1 Baba Galleh Jallow Sep 6, 2020 A hostile guard and x-ray machine Dear Mother Gambia, May peace be upon you and your people and may you always be…
Opinion A Past Reborn: The Pan African Heritage World Museum And Our Renaissance Toyin Falola Sep 6, 2020 They will now look inwards for heroes and heroines. Aṣẹ! They will see values in indigenous knowledge. Aṣẹ! They will understand…
Opinion When Dictators Use “Democratically Elected” To Claim Legitimacy Alagie Barrow Sep 1, 2020 Continuation... The IEC is supposed to ensure that the election process conforms to the principles of freedom to choose and the…