Mrs Joh
    Oh well good luck with your endeavours, but as I wrote in my last post, I am done with that discourse.

Regards
Manneh

Jabou Joh wrote:

> Manneh,
>
> Thank you for a respectful debate on this issue. Nothing emotional, at least
> not from me. I just want us to keep a clear head so that we can forge a new
> nation for  all Gambians where fairness is the order of the day.
>
> Please also proceed with caution when you feel tempted to start saying
> somethimg about defending your inheritance. Remember Manneh that all the
> other people in our country are not exactly strangers to the Senegambia
> region, which is what it was before the British drew a line around the river
> and called it Gambia.
>
> Remember that when one speaks of our region, we are also speaking of  people
> who had kingdoms like Baol, Sine, Saloum, Futa Bondu and Futa Torro, Nuimi
> etc, and  on into Cassamance.
> These being the history of the wollof, Jola, Fula, manjago, Karoninka, Serere
> etc  all of whom have a history in this region dating back a long time. These
> groups have a history of living together in this region, and this is why you
> find that there is a "kall", a cross cousin joking relationship between the
> Serere, Wollof, Jola and Fula.
>
> This is because as the Batswana say, we have "sat together". We have a
> history of living together in this region. Therefore, we are not strangers in
> this region. We can claim an inheritance here if that is what the argument is
> all about.
>
> After having said that, what matters now is that all the groups in what is
> now Gambia, both those who were here and those who came from elsewhere to
> settle here,  have lived together long enough to forge a history together.
> Improving on this is what matters now, and I hope every Gambian is cognisant
> of that important fact.
>
> The Klans who hold land are holding land that far exceeds that which was
> cleared for farming and dwellings. They have annexed other surrounding land
> to end up with what they hold now.
>
> The government is also taking land from the Klans, especially choice
> beachfront land,  in the name of tourism development, but all they are doing
> is selling this Gambian land off to the highest foreign bidders. Gambians
> cannot have this land and their so-called plan for development in this sense
> is one driven only by greed.
>
> However, the kabilos, or certain individuals in these groups have also
> discovered that they can make money selling off land to the foreigners.
>
> The situation then is this. Both the government and the holders of large
> tracks of land are selling off Gambian land, mainly to foreigners. If this
> continues, only the Gambian people will be the loosers since we will look up
> one day to find that the best land is in the hands of foreighners.
> Development and foreign investment is supposed to benefit the people, not
> relegate them into second hand citizens in their own country.
>
> I hope that one day, we can all put our heads together and forge a new nation
> whose agenda and that of it's people is guided by conscience so that we may
> all continue to co-exist harmoniously.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
> In a message dated 7/9/2001 3:00:08 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> >
> > Mrs Joh,
> >     I think I can say with confidence that we will agree to disagree on
> > this one.
> > I respect your point, and I hope yo can see mine in a fair-minded view too.
> > The land is my inheritance, and we will do everything in our power to see
> > that people do not just come and
> > rob us of that. Taf may have the land today, but as we are all hoping and
> > praying, when Jammed and his idiots
> > are banished, and courts again function indecently,
> > that we shall battle him court.
> > In the meantime I cease to exchange views (or even worse, emotions) on this
> > issue with you.
> >
> > Lots of respect
> > Manneh
> >
> >
>
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