The French speak in terms of love and the statue of liberty the English well
statistics and differential equations.....
The Francophone like Senegal and Ivory Coast have some love and democracy
the Anglophone such as Gambia dont for the most part
not because they cant but because of complexes that are hidden in the past
such as iam better than you are... childish but it starts off negative
emotions that leads to seriuos war!


>From: Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>Subject: Re: "Le Boss" has fled!
>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:57:47 EDT
>
>   General Gbako was power drunk.  I saw some pictures of him hobnobbing
>with
>the elite during his shopping trips to the most expensive malls in Abidjan.
>He must have seen himself as the second coming of the late Papa Hophuet
>Boigny.
>
>Once he got a taste of power and wealth, he did not want to let go.  But he
>got what he deserves albeit, sadly, at a great cost to the economic beacon
>of
>Africa.
>
>  Cote D'Ivoire still has tremendous issues to face.  Foreigners make up
>about
>25% of the 16 million population, and they have worked quite hard to help
>make the country among the most stable economically and until recently
>politically.  In fact, the popular opposition leader, Outarra, was barred
>from taking part in the elections because of his supposed nationality.
>
>Gbako, the new president, has spoken against these same foreigners and
>their
>offspring who are Ivorian by birth.  This type of xenophobia cannot be
>tolerated.  And, in order to be a good leader, he needs to completely
>abandon
>his xenophobic beliefs.
>
>At this point, the jury is still out on Gbako. But  I do sincerely hope
>that
>the country recovers quickly from this tumultuous state.
>
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