Beneath Her Veil Beneath her veil lay eyes filled with fear Of man and his ways, of evil bred within good Of what lay ahead of her, what fate had dealt her A world that turned against her, blamed her, maimed her Condemned to a death so bloody, an end so violent A memory tainted […]

By Jama Jack 25th November 2015 Today marks the beginning of another 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an annual commemoration that runs from November 25th to December 10th each year. In The Gambia, this year’s commemorations dawned with great news through an Executive pronouncement, Monday evening, banning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation […]