Pierre,
It should be interesting to garner more information on Sana Manneh. I think
at this juncture in the history of our country it should be interesting to
know what the earlier private journalists faced in terms of aggression by
both the colonial administration and the Jawara-PPP government.
The feat of bravery Sana Manneh manifested in standing up against the high
and mighty within administrations in the first Republic was unprecedented. I
am also aware of his having gone to Malasia to study and then returning to
the Gambia unceremoniously. It would be good to locate him and see what he
is up to.
With regard Uncle Baa Trawalley, I know he was at one point deputy to Mr
Siam Kinteh at the non-formal education unit of the Department of state for
education. Well he was somewhere in Serrekunda by the time I was leaving the
Gambia in April 2000. Politically, he was one of the ideologues behind the
late A.A.Njie in Serrekunda west constituency. I am aware that both the
constituency chairman and deputy constituency chairman of the Jawara-PPP in
SK west(PaMamy Fofana and PaLamin Sohna respectively), have since been
converted into A(F)PRC operatives. I am not certain about Baa's political
affiliation at the moment. I have mentioned this because it may be essential
with regards his preparedness to contribute meaningfully towards the
development of a free press in the Gambia, or even help put together a
concise history of the development of radical Jounalism and Unionism in the
Gambia. However, it would not be difficult to make findings on him, and I
will do my quota in this regard.
Omar Joof.


>From: Pierre Gomez <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: the history of trade and student unions in the gambia
>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 01:35:58 -0500
>
>we are on the same platform Omar,
>
>You see, since his famous court case which began in the late 80s, i read
>that his nick name was Ticks. That was the reason why i unintentionally
>referred to him as Ticks throughout my piece.
>
>Ams, you got it. The world would not have been a very dangerous place, if
>all men under the sun speak and write nothing but the Truth. Indeed, i read
>keenly the lengthy interview that you referred to. The only new information
>i gained so far from it is that the S. Sabally scholarship was a ploy to
>have him killed in Malayasia. And that Ticks got bailed out by the Press
>Union of that country. May be some other irrelevant family matters. I still
>maintained that i had already heard about his Malasia's scholarship before
>even the AFPRC came to power. This recent interview less than 2 months ago
>is therefore irrelevant as far as i am concerned.
>
>For your information, i have been very concerned about developmants that
>were taking place in the nineties. I had raised questions regarding the
>whereabouts of Ticks and the information i got from many credible people
>pointed to one direction. I.e. Sabally's scholarship. The case of Ba was
>hard to collect enough information because we are talking about an incident
>that happened in the early 70s. Ams, i want to gurantee you that i will do
>everything in my power to post information that i sincerely belief to be
>very accurate. I do not want to associate myself with any form of
>fabrications. I truely want to build a world that will be less dangerous.
>
>PG
>
>
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>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: omar joof
>Sent: 12/3/2003 11:49:16 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: the history of trade and student unions in the gambia
>
> > Pierre,
> > Kindly allow me to make some, shall I say corrigendum? Well you seem to
>be
> > writing about Baa  Trawalley in connection with the Torch newspaper.
>Perhaps
> > you mean Sana Manneh because he is the one details in your posting
>match.
> > However, Baa was one of the radical Journalists that spearheaded some
> > anti-colonial organisations in the pre-independence period.
> > Omar Joof.
> >
> >
> > >From: Pierre Gomez <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: the history of trade and student unions in the gambia
> > >Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 01:10:24 -0500
> > >
> > >Thank you Oko,
> > >
> > >As i have stated earlier, i do not know much about Ba. You see, Gambian
> > >History is full of missing links. These links are difficult and in many
> > >cases impossible to connect. One day, some one comes to the lime light
>and
> > >the other day, he disappears with little or no trace. This to some
>extent
> > >holds water with reference to Ba. The same goes with Ticks. After his
>well
> > >pu8blicised court case, he suddenly disappeared with his Torch. His
>case
> > >was so obscure that my own torch could not find him. Thank God, after
> > >several years in the limbo, i finally heard him making noice at the
>AFPRC
> > >commissions. But I heard already learnt from a friend that he had been
>sent
> > >to Malasia by Saihou Sabally, to study law.
> > >
> > >Your endeveaurs in piecing together these missing links is a noble
>course.
> > >Be rest assured that once your final product is out for market
>consumption,
> > >i will get my copy at any market price.
> > >
> > >PG
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Oko Drammeh
> > >Sent: 12/2/2003 10:40:23 AM
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: the history of trade and student unions in the gambia
> > >
> > > > Pierre ,
> > > > Thank you for your feed back and thank you for the information, I
>need
> > >this one  It is always great to know more on the Ba Tarawaley story.
>You
> > >are very current and I will need your input time to time on my
>research.. I
> > >could not follow the day to day developement of the Ba Tarawaley case.
>(
> > >Gambians don't talk to the press or the public, they sit on the
> > > > information ,too little public information). It was like a passing
> > >glance. I saw him once in court, in prison uniform and as a PPP office
> > >worker but I never knew the insider details of the Pardon-Release saga.
> > >Kneeel Down !!! Too Much! Say more.
> > > > This was bad for journalism. A journalist in the field of journalism
> > >must be faithful in ideology  and will never bend to any indulgence,
>and
> > >any friendship or alliance that will be deterimental to the line.The
> > >corruptability will be be reflected in him/her.
> > > > Sadly,  stories of The Gambia are not easy to follow in dept, either
>a
> > >story on individuals or events, because they are not documented. and
>our
> > >stories  are not base on written history but mostly on remembered
>history,
> > >and this makes acurate information difficult to come by.
> > > > More research , more revelation.!!!
> > > > Oko Drammeh
> > > >
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