As the Somali American representative from Minnesota battle against narrow nationalist prejudices based on her origin, Foroyaa is compelled to heighten the debate on citizenship as Gambians face the same mentality among our own citizens.
It is important for people to realise that citizenship by birth is an accident while citizenship by naturalization is a choice.
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