A young, dynamic lady, prolific writer, activist, and poet, who started her writing career as a young girl but with aims and objectives to inspire and change the concepts that people built towards poetry in The Gambia.
Articles By This Author
The Inauguration Day
By: Saffiyah Joof, Poet ‘The woman was known as the king’s favorite girl’, the prison guard added. Another man approaches her and asked, what is your name? the angelic voice replied, ‘I am Mina’. She was natural in her speech. When her eyes blink with lots of butterflies. Massive regrettable moments lingering in his mind, […]
The Attack On The Palace
The griot man awakes at night to test the string of his guitars, With his cigarette so far being the only light seen from a degree. As he peeped out his head, For the first time, his blood froze, The shock of bloodstains on the floor, Blow his fitness center sight, The bullet that almost […]
In The Prison
In The Prison, There is a reason for every crime, The brave man bleeding profusely, Reddish-brown eyes, bursting into tears, Energetically tall behind bars, The door clutches short, he took a deep breath. In his mind, the weak man speak, ” I am not my father neither would I spear him nor would I gave […]
The Arrogant King In The Village
The King Speech, “We are the trait, The flesh of their bone, The ancestry spirit of our art is portrayed. We cried hard for freedom, But mentally enslaved”. “We were the kings, Sailing our children in exchange for means”. “We concord many townlets, We wounded numerous soldiers, We scatter stones, And we never run from […]
Alkamba Times (Poem)
The Alkamba Times has arrived, Unraveling the truth without personal affiliates. A young Gambian Time under rising, Ready not to discriminate, But determine to disseminate accurate information. This is not about defamation, Others say character assassination, But a quest for the people to know their respective country information. This is our own line, the news […]