By Adama Makasuba
Leaders in Tallinding Wednesday evening convened an emergency news conference, calling on feuding Tallinding families to find a way of ending their dispute peacefully.
The Cham Kunda and Badjie Kunda families of Tallinding are locked in a bitter feud over the headsmanship of the town.
The two families have in recent weeks been throwing jabs at each other over who really are the true custodians of Tallinding. Gambian customary law says the family that founds a town or village automatically becomes the custodian of that town as well as its alkaloship (headsmanship).
The Chams of Tallinding claim they founded the town and that the Badjies were temporarily assigned the alkaloship role. The Badjies have dismissed that claim as they claim they are the larger family.
On Wednesday, respected figures of the town held a press conference calling on the two families to end their feud.
Mbemba Barrow who spoke a the news conference asked the two families to allow elections settle their dispute.
He urged the two families to calm down and know that they are one people.
