Uncle Suntou,

 

Thanks for sharing your personal experience with us,
obviously to make a good satiric writing. I tend to be taken more by the moral
lessons in people’s work than the characters involved.

 

Here is how I think you can maintain your momentum as a
visionary societal educator. You should always write the story and leave it at
that without mentioning where it happened and who was involved. You can always
use character names, in that way you are criticizing bad actions. At that
point, ‘who the cap fits will wear the heavy crown.’ I am sure your intention
is not to expose even the man that is wrong in a mighty forum but to discourage
the action. 

 

I shared greatly the argument by the many others  –confidentiality of people’s privacy. Again, your intention
was clear; it was only to keep families connected. You know as an elder in a
community or respected person, a lot of information is confided with you. You
must always keep that trust level. Apparently, most of these people or their
friends are reading your threads more than you -the great author. With regards
to the glorious Quran, there won’t be any other better book to quote from. If
there is one, it is the Quran. If there is another, it will be the Quran. Don’t
be shy to share verses that deal with societal vices or any other life related
matter. 

 

Here is how I think you can correct the error.

 

-You should apologize to the lady and her husband. It only
makes you manlier. 

-Remind the wrong doer by engaging him of his action, not in
a confrontational manner. Use this as an opportunity to have him apologize to
the lady and her husband.

-Next time, get the approval first before giving someone’s
number. 

 

I thought I could humbly share this with you. Otherwise,
thanks for your time to share with us always. My uncle’s pen is very sharp. Don’t
let it break. In hal pular, our elders often say “waaduu dohghaata ghatam,” –meaning
‘a monkey will never run away from the first rain falls.’

 

I am greatly falling in love with your work. I would also
like to take this opportunity to tell you and your other online contributors to
move on now, especially with the aging Sam Sarr and tribal debate. There is a
greater ball we should be playing now. Didn’t you all hear the great hopeful
visionary leader Obama shattering the dark clouds of hate, racism, differences,
war-monger and so on and so on, and I saw a Shivering George W Bush pull his
nose and said -The democrats think they can win this elections by focusing on
him (Bush). This American friend of mine used to jokingly say to me ‘plant
dope, harvest bush.” 

 

Thanks to all of you that helped educate us on this
important topic.

 

Regards,Little Yero...






On Feb 10, 2008 4:01 AM, SUNTOU TOURAY <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

i
was disappointed yesterday after i received a complaint from a
Gambian brother in our city. The issue involved a married sister whose
husband is in the Gambia whilst she is in England. I am the record
keeper of the Gambia association we have in the city. i have all the
contact details of every single member man or woman. Last month, a
brother LT ,in his forties called me to get a number of the married
sister. remember here this brother is living with his wife in our city
as well. he requested me to pass the phone number of the sister to him.
i enquire as to why he need the phone number? his answer was ,well he
and the sister share the same family name and that he want them to be
brother and sister. i was hesitant to pass the number. he enquire
whether i don 't trust him having the number? i said it is not about
that but because i shouldn't pass on any body's information without
their prior approvals. he said sadly ,''so now there is no trust even
in family ties?'' i said OK, let me hand you the number and i will
contact her to tell her about your request.  i gave
him the number. i later called the lady to inform her about the
issue.she was happy that some one wish to have a family relation with
her which is rare she said. that was the last time i have any thing to
do with the situation. 
  yesterday afternoon whilst i was
having my rest,my mobile phone rang. an older Gambian brother was on
the phone his name is kk. me and kk talk regularly about Gambian
issues. but this time it is not the usual discussions.he was reporting
LT the KOTOKE who took the number from me. LT is pestering this lady
.he wanted them to have an affair. the lady said she ''tried every
thing to discourage the LT politely but he couldn't stop.'' from being
brother and sister to being lovers. how sad!!
  this is the
same kotoke who took the number from me ,giving the most honourable
reason. i was fooled by a bad koteke. the lady said that LT  is the
second Gambian brother pestering her. the other one is a marabout
TJ who is married to an Indian lady. the sad thing is ,both this
brothers are married and living with their wife's yet they are
pestering a married woman who is so honourable she decline their
infidelity offers out of rest for her husband and her religion. now the
pestering is so bad the sister cannot hide the matter any more. i was
called to discuss ways in stopping the nuance pestering by the two bad
behave brothers (LT and TJ) . our plan was to tell the sister ,if any
one of this fools approach you ,tell them you will call the police and
that she will inform me and the caller KK to take up the issue.
     why
should this married men be following a respectable Gambian sister who
frankly told them that she is married and that she is not interested in
adultery.yet this stupid fools cannot leave her alone. the sister
advice the KK who called me not to discuss the matter with this LT and
TJ ,she said ''they may spoil her name and reputation. and their wife's
may attack her''. i was shocked and sad at the behaviour of this grown
ash koteke's who cannot learn to behave even after the ripe age of
41. when will such men grow up? be careful guys .some explanations are
only a smoke screen. i can bring up the Islamic injunctions here but i
don't wish to bore any one. 






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