Monday was Independence Day. 48 years ago, this day went down in the annals of Gambian history marking the beginning of the end in our struggle for self determination. It was a revolutionary day that shows the courage of our forbearers to stand against all forms of alien domination and reclaim our confiscated liberty and dignity.
The event is not to merely celebrate, but also to commemorate and assess our post-independence performance as a nation. In order to grasp the true meaning of this achievement we so dearly cherish, we ought to accept the fact that this is a moment of stock taking rather than one of wining and dining.
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