This trend is moving from generation to generation if we complain about racism of a kind in Europe and America against us we should look inwards into ourselves whether we have not fallen into the same messy situations like our contemporaries in the West. It is a difficult and testy topic people can call tribalism, ethnicity, nepotism or whatever. But I think Tahar Ben Jelloun s definitions covers it all. Since we know our shortcomings inside but pretend to cover it, we shouldn t let coming generations inherit these attitudes. This is the only way out for Africans to live in love and harmony among themselves, with the basic fear of the almighty Allah not by words but by deeds.
Society presupposes that laws are to be obeyed.
People who pass judgement on laws and pass judgement on offenders of the law of the land can simply be referred to as judges. These judges have attended institutions where the laws of the land and international laws have been taught to them. In fact most judges can be simply referred to as men of honour. When the rule of law fails to be adhered to due to good governance, then these judges who pass judgement over the land are left in a state of My hands are tied situations. The above paragraph comes as a result of discussions that has appeared on the Gambia L from various angles and schools of thought over the appointment recently of two judges to The Gambia.