Hey pah mambuna ,
I suppose you have already packed your bags and ready to fly back within
the week or so to contribute to the nation as Makdela did for his. IF not i
suggest your stay in Kentucky
and stop babbling.
What ar u still doing here since you graduated from Berea. What do we call
your kind.
TENN.
At 02:08 PM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Saul,
>
>You do not need to reiterate yourself. We heard you loud and clear from
your very
>first posting. At times we can all choose to have "Selective
>hearing/understanding". Its an easy to do thing. You deserve my pat on
your back
>for telling us what we may not want to hear.
>
>Indeed, Africa can only be developed by Africans and hence Gambia by
Gambians. It
>is going to take educated Africans (or should I say intellectuals?) to rescue
>Africa from the poor state Africa is in today. You will agree with me that
there
>are no shortage of educated Africans in the world today, but where are the
vast
>majority of these elite Africans investing their "resources"? Certainly, the
>Gambia is not enjoying those "resources" from her elite populace. Why? I
guess
>Mr. Bajo has concisely spelt out the reasons over and over. To go on
bickering
>about Pres. Jammeh and his cohorts OR Ex-Pres. Jawara and his people while we
>choose to stay in the developed world to amass wealth or for what ever
reasons,
>will only lead us to what psychologists refer to as "diffusion of
>responsibility/bystander effect" - somebody will one day remove him from
power.
>Who will that somebody be?
>
>Pres. Jammeh and his cohorts might be doing what you and I may disagree
with, but
>what good can you and I do if our only weapon is to haul at them from far
away?
>The likes of Ghandi, M.L. King Jr. N. Mandela, just as Mr. Bajo has
mentioned,
>have done it against their oppressors under very severe conditions that they
>could choose to easily avoid just as most of us are doing right now.
Mandela saw
>the need to put an end to apartheid and he sacrificed 27 solid years of
his life
>behind bars for the world at large to see what he saw. All praise due to
Allah,
>the omnipotent, Mandela's dreams now become a reality. Ghandi saw the need
to put
>and end to British oppression, that also took countless lives, in India. He
>sacrificed to spend time, over and over, behind bars while he continued to
fight
>the British with non-violent forces. Dr. King non-violently fought against
>segregation in the United states and suffered numerous arrests even before
he was
>gunned down. Time after time we heard him say, "Like anyone else, I would
like to
>live a long life, longevity has its place .... but it does not matter
with me
>any more ..... I just want to do God's will..." What I am try to convey is
that
>Dr. King vividly knew that they were plotting to kill him, but that did
not stop
>him from doing what he was doing. He saw the injustice of segregation and was
>persevered to fight against it at any cost, even at the cost of his own life.
>Wow! these were some of the heroes whose education was used to amass
wealth not
>solely for themselves but for the world over. Each one of these people,
Mandela,
>King or Ghandi could have avoided the harsh and cruel suffering they had
gone
>through had they dropped their weapons (I guess those weapons would be
words and
>pen for all three but while at the very core of everything) and watched
for what
>will happen next. I wonder and wander if I would have been able to sit
here at
>Transylvania University in Lexington, KY today to freely compose this
response
>had it not been the struggle Dr. King and his people undertook. Someone in
India
>or South Africa may be wondering and wandering for a similar thing had it not
>been for Ghandi or Mandela in addition to Allah's will.
>
>We heard enough of what needs to be done at home now. I for one agree that
most
>of the points raised by many on this very "Bantaba" are worth
implementing. To
>paraphrase Mr. Bajo, "actions do speak louder than words". We have these
great
>many ideas, but will we be willing to pay for anything that it will cost to
>implement them? Certainly not if we only keep hauling from far away. I
guess this
>is the point Mr. Bajo clearly spelt out in both his postings and he surely
>deserves my applause. I attended a meeting in Atlanta during the July 4
reunion,
>and to be honest it was awe inspiring to see all those Gambian intellects
who are
>rich in knowledge. I take my hat off for them to be able to dedicate
themselves
>to achieve what they have. I was really thrilled. The GAMBIA, our homeland,
>surely needs their expertise if we want to prevent another exodus of the
>generation that follows us. Our generation has immensely dispersed, thanks to
>Ex-Pres Jawara, but we can make Gambia a conducive place for the next
>generation to stay if we go home to implement what our intellectuals deem
>necessary.
>
>We cannot stand aloof from our nation's affairs and only hope for the
best. Pres.
>Jammeh has always welcome the educated ones to go and work together for a
better
>Gambia. May Allah give us all the courage to do just that.
>
>God speed!
>
>Pa Mambuna
>
>
>
>
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>I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on
earth,
>like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has
succeeded in
>his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front
and not
>behind... George Bernard Shaw, Playwright, 1856-1950
>
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