Ous Gajigo,

To hell with Youssou Ndour for taking a principled antiwar stance? Are you serious?

Sidibeh


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From: "Ousman Gajigo" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour


> What the F$#K! This is one of the few times a we get West African musicians
> on the West Coast. And a lot of us here have made plans. To hell with him.
> 
> Ousman
> 
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> >From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:03:38 +0000
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> >Good for him.  I hope other African musicians follow his example.
> >
> >Chi Jaama
> >
> >Joe Sambou
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >>Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:18:47 EST
> >>
> >> > From: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:22:29 EST
> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Subject: FOSG: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >> >
> >> > Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >> >
> >> > .c The Associated Press
> >> >
> >> > NEW YORK (AP) - Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour has canceled his
> >> > seven-week
> >> > tour of North America to protest a threatened U.S.-led war on Iraq.
> >> >
> >> > N'Dour, who had planned to embark on a 38-city tour on March 26, issued
> >>a
> >> > statement Friday saying a tour of the United States would be
> >> > ``inappropriate.''
> >> >
> >> > ``It is my strong conviction that the responsibility for disarming Iraq
> >> > should rest with the United Nations. As a matter of conscience I
> >>question
> >> > the United States government's apparent intention to commence war with
> >> > Iraq,'' said the 43-year-old singer, who is also Muslim.
> >> >
> >> > ``I believe that coming to America at this time would be perceived in
> >>many
> >> > parts of the world - rightly or wrongly - as a support of this policy,
> >>and
> >> > that, as a consequence, it is inappropriate to perform in the U.S. at
> >>this
> >> > juncture.''
> >> >
> >> > The Grammy-nominated N'Dour is a superstar in Senegal, a predominantly
> >> > Muslim country. He is also a world music star in the United States and
> >> > Europe.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 03/07/03 16:14 EST
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