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THINKING ALLOWED

So long a letter In the beginning was the deed, and not the word, for the word came to name the deed. The human deed takes nine months to hatch; and after the joy, the feasting, and the naming, then the parenting (proper) begins. First, the cries, and the feeding, and the changing, constantly. Waking up at un-christian hours for one reason or another, and it doesn’t matter whether we are ill or well, the cries, the cries are always talking, telling us something which we have to second...

A cause for concern

The front pages of newspapers in The Gambia these days are increasingly becoming commonplaces for stories that unleash shredding displeasure. The frequency of reported murder crimes, if truth should be told, calls for urgent attention, especially from those constitutionally entrusted to protect life and property. The other day, it was in Berending that some beastly human being hacked a helpless old mama to death; and just few weeks after, as if Gambians had not had enough, a similar act of...

Big Read: ROOTS - Kunta Kinteh at 30

(1976: the Year of Soweto’s youth and the beginning of the end for Apartheid)A personal appreciation by Dida Halake, Daily Observer, 2006, "Dwell on the past and you lose an eye; forget the past and you lose both eyes" Russian proverb This book, with the blessings of Allah, is responsible for the lives of Hassan Kah-Halake, Jainaba Jallow-Halake and little Hassan Jallow-Halake, my three beautiful Gambian children. Similarly, it is also responsible for "HassanKunda" compound in Kotu, "Al-Hassan...

Gambia’s first UK based society and entertainment magazine out soon

The vibrant culture, tradition, society and nature of Senegambia heralded the start of Gambia’s first society magazine in the United Kingdom. The maiden edition of this magazine called Nice Magazine, will be out in June 2008. According to the founders of Nice Magazine, the fashion, beauty, personalities and achievements of Gambians abroad have not been given the required attention in the past and this is what this new magazine is out to cover. Divorced totally from politics, Nice Magazine...

Stop the abuse!

The infamous ‘child kidnapping’ incident in Chad reminds one of the unfortunate demonizing status our beloved continent faces in the minds of Europeans. This malaise has been practiced as a tradition by Europeans, that Africans are just ‘specimens’ in an African Laboratory. Apparently, it is evident from related events that Africans are the most vulnerable humans in the world despite the prevalence of the UN Charter on human rights. Think of the controversial adoption of Baby David Banda by the...

Bakary Tamaba Returns after Championing Women’s Rights at a Conference in Italy

The National Coordinator for Tostan in The Gambia, Mr. Bakary Tamba, has recently returned from Italy.  He was there for a ten-day Sensitization program concerning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In an exclusive interview with The Point at Tostan’s headquarters in Kololi, Mr. Tamba said he started working with Tostan in Cassamance.  There he worked with a regional coordinator where they issued declarations in December 2003 on FGM to 118 villages after which he said the villages accepted to...

What's On-A chat with Yusupha Mboob another Gambian mbalax sensation

Yusupha Mboob is another Gambian mbalax heart-throb struggling hard to gain international recognition. He is currently based in Austria where he is active in music more than ever before. Born  and raised in Banjul, the young mbalax star hailed from a griot family with the likes of Pap Touray, his (uncle) who was then the lead singer of the Super Eagles, Ifangbondi and Sotokoto bands respectively. His mother Aji Chuch Njie commonly referred to as the queen of traditional music in The Gambia...

Gambia observes Remembrance Day

The 22nd July Square and Fajara War Cemetery, were yesterday, the venues for activities marking the celebration of Remembrance Day.  As a tradition of reminding the nation’s youth about the significance of World Wars I and II, the event was graced by Her Excellency Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice-President of the Republic of The Gambia, Phil Sinkinson OBE, British High Commissioner to the Gambia, Hon. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, Speaker of the National Assembly, representatives of the Government of The...

Kanilai Festival A Thundering Success Says DPPR Kujabi

The Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the President has described the bi-annual Kanilai International Festival as a thundering success, saying that this year’s edition was unprecedented in the sense that the turn out was impressively overwhelming. Mr. Ebrima JT Kujabi told journalists that President Jammeh should be, as a matter of prudence, heartily commended for coming up with such a groundbreaking initiative, adding that it is increasingly becoming evident that...

Venezuela’s Musical Group Bids Farewell to Gambia

Having caused sensations in the just-concluded much-acclaimed Kanilai International Festival, Cuarteto Harvest, a famous quartet musical outfit from Venezuela yesterday paid a courtesy call on The Point, as they are set to leave the country on Saturday after a successful trip to the Smiling Coast. The group, who arrived in the country about three weeks ago, was here on the invitation of the Gambian leader to partake in the Kanilai Cultural galore. Speaking to this paper in an...