In William Shakespeare's Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 4), King Duncan said: "there is no art to find the mind's construction in the face…" meaning: the mind of a man can never be understood by looking at his face. But I guess this is true everywhere except here that folks can tell what's hidden in your mind and heart just by what you say to them.
Before you can even say Alhaji Masanneh Manjang to the average Gambian, they'll conclude that you have a very clean heart (ndeysaan xolam bi dara neku fa), and just because you're skilled with words? But that's why our share of gullibility is at an absurd extent.
It is even shockingly easier when you come from foreign and want to be in their good books. Just tell them something that'll blow their minds, or just pretend a favourable disposition towards them, the honesty of your intention is of no primary importance. By the time they realise the fake you were, you would've been housed and fed for free, and if you're really lucky, you may impregnate three from the same neighbourhood.
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