Given current events: the support to folks displaced, the care, and the sharing of safety-conscious tips with those of us who chose to stay, shows that we are evidently not unlike what Michelle Obama said about America: “we are so beautifully diverse, but we have so much in common – our love for our families, our pride in our country, our commitment to helping each other.”
Despite our occasional dummy spits, shade throwings and competitiveness on social media, our spirit of service and giving, and the inner satisfaction thereof is up there. Our sense of compassion towards even those who we had beef with but eventually show remorseful acknowledgement of their failings, like: "mungi cool," is evidence that we are truly a good people.
I have always said that we are a people who'll love someone just by pretending to be nice to us. We hardly question motives, and I don't know if that's a good thing. What I'm saying is, you may be whatever you're, just treat the average Gambian with courtesy, even if cosmetic and you'll be considered cool: "borom bakh nga. Amulor behn yaba." In short, if a typical Gambian despises you, check yourself, because you must have transgressed badly. But this is why no evil fashioned against us shall prosper. Amen!
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