The New Gambia – Commission of
Inquiry - lessons being conveyed – emotions alternating between ‘mungork, nyaw!’
and disappointment, between should and shouldn’t, could and couldn’t, why and
why not, et cetera
Some respondents come calm, composed and to the point.
Some will talk almost non-stop, until you’re like, hey, e’fanang! Can’t you see
that was a leading question to what you said you had no clue? Others get caught
between answering affirmatively and risk making judgmental statements or say no
and get grilled further.
That’s what circumstantial allegiance to power does.
It fetters the will and disrobes the mind of its duty of care - of its nobleness.
Before one knows it, one’s caused to do very reckless things, things that one will
look back in anger, frustration and shame like, how did I let this happen? Wishing
you could go back in time and fix your part of the mess.
Despite all these, it wouldn’t be abnormal for the
human in you to feel for the respondents; I do that all the time - like, c'mon,
we all knew what it was like. You know, like, under the circumstances then, anyone
would've done likewise. But is that so? ‘Alama mumino beh tankala kataa ning katatola.’
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