
I am the child of a random encounter. I am the product of a chance meeting, between a young attractive Tamaru drummer, and a beautiful divorcee, who carried herself with uncommon grace and stealth. But, I did not know it yet. Not until I became a teenager beginning to
December 16th, 2009, marks five solid years since so far ‘unidentified’ gunmen stalked my former boss, Deyda Hydara, on a dark and lonely street of Kanifing, and rained three bullets into his skull before taking
In the run up to the 2006 election I visited some remarkable Gambians in the Nashville area. My hosts wanted to discuss how they as a family could help in the struggle for democracy in general and in particular the then approaching presidential elections.They had a simple but
During the Week of November 22nd, the US Senate Foreign Relations' Subcommittee on Africa held crucial hearings regarding US
The appointment of Nigerian prosecutors Akomaye Agim as Chief Justice, Wowo and Emmanuel Fagbenle as High Court Judges constitutes a pernicious regression to the administration of justice in
Sadly, once again it appears that West Africa is home to political acts of violence. Once again this year it just happens to be Guinea.