Uncle Habib,
Thank you so much for your insightful response.
Nabiha
Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Sister Nabiha'
it is good to read from you again. We missed your short and eloquent peoms.
This Almudus problem or Talibeys -( the origins of the organization called Talibans in Afghanistan) It means someone who is a student or in the process of learning usually about religion /Islam) - IS nothing new to Africa ! and it is rampant in Mexico ,India and Thailand especially and you find them in every Latino or Asian countries as either sex slaves or cheap labour for factories . I have seen them with my own eyes in Indonesia, Ghana and Mexico.
What is worst is that so called adults & parents sit and condone such Injustice because of their own selfishness. The living conditions of these kids are so horrible that even dogs do not want to sleep there. What a shame!1
Martin Luther King mentioned them several times in his series of speeches.
What can be done about it ?That is a very difficult answer to find. We can only make suggestions and try to follow them ourselves.
Habib
>From: Nabiha Safriwe >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Anybody remember "Jangane?" >Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:59:56 -0800 > > Nabiha Safriwe wrote: As a child my first memories of Almudus was at my >Mums. > >My mother (bless her heart) has this huge compound >with numerous apartments in which she house these >Almudus for free. She was more like a foster parent >to them, very concern about their well being. She >used to tell us kids, that was the way her Dad, Omar >Jallow came to the Gambia from Guinea Conakry, as a >Talibey. > >Many a time she was awaken in the middle of the night >because one her 'sons' was in trouble, either with the >law or by ‘Douso?(the inhaling of glue to get high). >I still can remember how determined my Mum was to make >a difference in the lives of these delinquents. > >Not all of these Talibeys were able to escape the >ever-groping talons of poverty. Some of them died or >return back to Guinea Conakry. A few lucky ones were >able to be financially established to own property. >The pride and joy on my mother’s face whenever one of >these success stories comes to visit her was evident. >It did mean a lot to her knowing that she had made a >difference in someone's life. To this day she is >engaged in this kind of work. > >The second most profound impression that Almudus had >on me, was when I saw the movie "Jangane". This was a >movie that was produced and directed in Senegal. It >was mostly about the horrific lives of Almudus. It >depicted very graphic scenes about the atrocities >committed against talibeys by their 'Seringe Daras'. >I was about seven at the time but the movie was >forever imprinted on my mind. > >These kinds of treatments are not restricted to >Almudus only. In other parts of Africa the selling of >kids as laborers or into slavery is becoming very >prevalent, mostly in the Sudan and parts of Nigeria. > >What we need to do in the Gambia and Africa, as a >whole is the addressing of these troubling issues, and >effectively acting upon them. > >Most educators in the Gambia have no clue as to what >child abuse is. Take the 'slow' or retarded student >for example, most teachers go as far as being verbally >and physically abusive to these impressive young >minds. Eventually these treatments diminish their >confidence and in the end they drop out of school, >thus becoming another number in the illiteracy line. > >The best thing that can be done to end this trend is >to educate our teachers on child abuse. It should be >an ongoing process that is put into practice. > > > > >===== > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. > ><>//\<>//\<>//\<>//\<> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><>//\<>//\<>//\<>//\<>
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