Meant to say Extended Family

Burama

On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I called it our social security. A safety net everyone hoped for. An
> insurance policies of every family.
>
> Meaning parents invest on offspring hoping to better themselves and along
> the way care them at old age and in sickness /dead. Good isn't?
>
> A bunch of people cultivate peanut to pay my school. Am not sure I can pay
> back but I don't think they expect a payback. All they ask for is to do my
> part. Thank you - all!
>
> Last week I had an interesting conversation with a Gambian scholar - our
> topic was the economic effects of extended family systems. He was with the
> view it hold many aback. From purely economic point of reasoning I concur
> with him.
>
> I however argued the system from a broader social good. And I used myself
> as a product. Certainly I might not today enjoy all the dollars I make but
> will I ever have that opportunity had they not toil in the fields? There
> may not be black/white answer but I would want to recognize their
> contribution.
>
> We also discussed the solutions. That brought us into even bigger
> political fails vs social development.
>
> What's your take! Do you think we should endeavor to preserve the system
> or deliberately work towards discarding? In your view how can we improve it
> to align with current socio-economic realities of our people?
>
> Regards
>
> Burama
>


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