Edward Francis Small What an icon for unionists! The heroes of tax payers Father of modern Gambian politics The pen and ink of The Gambia Outlook And the Senegambia Reporter History speaks positive of you; Critical and independent A gallant editor you were Who threatened colonialism To jump out of its skin "No taxation without representation" With which you broke The inimical horns Of the colonial buffaloes Who were marauding the rice field Of our self-determination.