Yahya Jammeh’s Independence Speech Attracts Wild Reactions!!!

Gambian Swipes At Gambian Leader—Accusing Him Of Undermining Tourism

By F Ceesay, UK

Dear Mr. Editor,

As a concern Gambian citizen that living in The UK, it is with profound disgust to read the garbage that was themed by the president Jammmeh on our country 45th independent anniversary. Before going further may I at this juncture categorically affirm that nothing that this man say does not represent majority of Gambian citizen. I left The Gambia in 1996 immediately after the first election, and ever since this president has cling on to power without any realistic date liberating back this country. Paradoxically, the president wants the same British people he is bashing to still visit the Gambia as tourists.

A Major Tourism Boom Awaits  Gambia- Jammeh Declares

As Jammeh Unveils Major Tourism Reforms

“My Gov’t  Would Ensure The Personal Safety, And Security Of Tourists,” Jammeh

By Staff Reporter Bakary Gibba, Banjul

The tiny nation of The Gambia—a popular holiday resort for Western tourists, would soon witnessed a dramatic transformation on its tourism industry policies, with the view of restoring tourists and investors confidence, President Yahya Jammeh has declared.  Mr. Jammeh believes that tourism is an important sector in the nation’s economy, which accounts for the greater percentage of Gambia’s Gross Domestic Product—known as (GDP). Mr. Jammeh opined that such an important sector needs to be given the attention it deserved in the interest of fulfilling the nation’s economic agenda—which is to transform the mini West African state into an economic power in the region.

Western Tourist Reacts To Gambia's 45th Anniversary

By Nigel Speakman, Tourist
I read your newspaper everyday now. Since I got involved with the scouts in the Gambia I have had quite a crash course in political despotism and its affects. Of what a glorious institution the NIA is and the sad state of the Gambia's political institutions. However, what has finally got me to write was the article about your President blaming the British for your country's lack of development. Well, that is just not true and everyone knows it.

What Is The First Lady Zeinab And Family Doing In US?

Jammeh Celebrates Independence Without The Presence Of Zeinab And Family

By A Staff Writer

Wife of Gambia’s President First Lady Zeinab Suma Jammeh, and family arrived in the United States few days before Gambia’s 45^th independence anniversary, the Freedom Newspaper can report. The First lady is being hosted at a Washington DC Hotel. Details are sketchy about her presence here, but sources said she left The Gambia when the nation was in preparation for a national holiday—marking Gambia’s 45 years of nationhood. The First Lady comes to the United States for three reasons: Annual medical checkups, Disney World vacations, or shopping spree.

Independence? What Independence?

By Baba Galleh Jallow

In a classic work of historical and political theory, the German philosopher of history Reinhart Koselleck discourses a “space of experience” and “horizon of expectation” that may be used to chart the trajectory of historical evolution. Koselleck suggests that the past, the present, and the future are all part of a single movement of historical time within which society is embedded. Today’s “space of experience” was yesterday’s “horizon of expectation.” In other words, all human actions in the present are informed by past experience and motivated by future expectation. It is within this framework of historical temporality that I propose to examine the idea of African independence, which, I will argue, represents a myth for the great majority of Africans on the continent.