Yususpha,

I cannot but convey my appreciation of how you've shown, on a number of
occasions, your acceptance of divergent views expressed on the L. It is
virtue which I hope will continue to show and norture.

Looking forward to more of your posts.

Bye 4 Now, Kebba


>From: Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>Subject: Re: My Perspective >>Re: MR. KNOW-ALL COMES TO TOWN(WHO DO YOU
>          SATIRE AGAINST?)
>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:10:47 EST
>
>Ous:
>
>With all due respect to you and everyone else, Kujabi made a simple
>judgement mistake by looking too much into Omar Hatab's biting satire.  To
>be frank, Baba's pieces are, in my opinion, the result of an amazing
>capacity to analyze some of our cultural ways plus a bitingly witty,
>humorous and sometimes sarcastic perspective to scribe these observations.
>
>For example, his description of Afang Kanteh's (?) pre-wrestling ritual had
>me in stitches because I laughed so hard.  I laughed because it was an
>amazing write-up about the tradition of what we call "Bakou" in Wollof.  It
>reminded me of the days of Alhagi Mansour Njie on Senegalese TV when
>"Dubalese" and Co would come in to the stadium covered in the charms and
>somtimes cottage cheese (Sow) while twisting and writhing to the sound of
>the drum and serenades of the traditional historians. Of course, Alhagi
>Mansour would be talking about these wrestlers with every sentence of his
>ending in "Ndeysan".  The same thing happened in other arenas all over the
>country.  But no one has ever put it in words and twisted tis social event
>like Baba.  The same undertones can also be found in the story of Yapat
>driving his boss in a Pajero. This is why Baba's stories strike such a
>strong nerve in us self-imposed "exiles".
>
>So, basically, Baba's stories are a powerful satirical view of Gambian
>society which I believe is healthy and allows us to analyze ourselves and
>our society better at times.  There should be more of this going o bck home
>but I understand the Sultan of Kanilai would flip if he saw is caricature
>in the paper.
>
>Anyway, Kujabi, being the astute person he is, saw the story of Mr. Know
>All for in this light, realized many of us could fit in this category and
>thus spoke out.  It was a simple harmless miscalculation on his part but it
>is definitely human to err.  Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and
>move on for we have all made mistakes.
>
>But like Sophie's story about the cracked pot earlier, accepting and
>learning from our imperfections will make us stronger as a
>society/communiy.  Excessive condemntion is to be reserved for knowing
>accomplices of the Sultan of Kanilai.
>
>Kujabi you made a simple mistake but this weakness is all too human.
>Continue to contribute like you have.  we have bigger fish to fry.
>
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