Alpha, Hello! from a long time friend & schoolmate. Very appropriate for the
times. Similar sentiments from this end. I felt this is what it would come
to-after KosovoMetochia and Bosnia.

Gambians take note.


>From: Alpha Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Making history - a poem
>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 21:50:23 +0100
>
>This poem was written a few days before the dramatic ousting of Milosevic.
>In the middle of the night, while
>working, I had to pause for a while to write these words down. As I was
>writing, a rhythm accompanied the
>words. It is yet another tribute to the people of the world yearning for
>freedom and a dignified life. Power
>indeed belongs to the People!
>
>
>making history
>
>We are making history
>And it’s no mystery
>So people of the world
>Get up and fight
>For only you can free thyself
>
>One wall has crumbled
>Another comes tumbling down
>And many more shall follow
>Walls! Walls! Walls!
>Walls everywhere
>Walls in society
>Walls in the family
>Walls in our minds
>Walls!
>
>Tumble they shall
>This is no crime
>It is your right
>For you are the bastion of humanity
>
>Bring your might to light
>And make it right
>In broad daylight
>
>This battle isn’t about ideology
>Nor is it about politicking
>The tool turned game
>This battle isn’t about you and me
>
>Rich or poor
>Black and white
>Are only part of the whole
>The whole is more than the sum
>Yes it’s more than you and me
>
>It’s about a heritage of millions of years
>Skilfully carved to be the beauty you are
>The beauty in and around you
>Blood bones and flesh
>Mind feelings and ego
>Memory creativity and Culture
>
>There’s a battle to be won
>So come out and win it
>But to win you must fight
>And you cannot lose
>
>No mystification
>No glorification
>No mesmerising
>Simple and plain
>
>Mindset at sunset
>Mother nature is awake again
>I can feel her in me
>
>Rumble gamble tumble
>Jumble tumble crumble
>Another game of chance
>Another cycle of hope
>But come what may
>As it was in the beginning
>
>So we are making history
>By knowing who we are
>What we can do
>And that we can do
>What we need to do
>To be free again
>
>No price is too high
>You have to ride high
>And take your throne
>So we are making history
>
>Alpha Robinson
>
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