Brother Malanding,
Thanks for  sharing this Majestic Morale with us.It is indeed the Billion
Dollar question.I will not even try to risk an answer!
Have a Blessed week-end,
Musa.
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From: "Malanding Jaiteh" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: A look at Wahhabism.- a Mandingka Morale


> Brothers Habib and Musa,
> Just reminds me of a common Mandinka morale. The "Kamramo Baa"(the
> teacher) and his "Karanding" (student). It is said that each time the
> student and the young wife had a problem the teacher will advice him to
> do just like he does and teach her a lesson which the student understood
> to mean beat her up. The students hardline approach to obeying the
> Karamo Baa's advice soon led to near breakdown of his young marriage.
> What he could not understand was that despite the Karamo Baa's
> no-nonesense full-of-terror attitude during the day, it was all giggle
> and soft-talking in his hut at night.
> During one of his teach-her-a-lesson tantrums, the student's neighbor (a
> Musu kebbaring for that matter- an old woman) asked why he behaves the
> way he does with his young wife. Of course the explanation is that he
> was following exactly what his Karamo Baa dictated, that is teach the
> wife a lesson. The old woman asked him the student to come to her house
> after the Karamo Baa has gone to bed and that she has the right Boro
> (medicine) for the young wife's ailment.
> The young Karanding could not wait for the Karamo Baa to bid him good
> night. He raised to the old lady's hut for the medicine. The old lady
> led the Karanding to a peephole in the Karamo Baa's hut and asked the
> Karanding to see for himself how why it is all giggle and soft talk in
> Karamo Baa's hut every night.
>
> The Karamo Baa all dressed up giving the wife a piggy back ride!
>
> I guess the billion dollar question is did the Karamo Baa deliberately
> mislead the Karanding with his teach-her-a-lesson instruction or the
> Karanding read too much into it?
>
> Have a great Friday.
>
> Malanding
>
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