"*Education is highly subjective. It cannot be a determinant of character.*"
Haruna Al-Mutawakil
Hence Wadda the accomplished economist don't see anything wrong with his
intent to over stay, because he will use his education to rationalise it so.
Therefore Haruna are we still at the infant stage of democratisation since
our 'perssive educated elites' including you advance ideas that, might be at
interlock with certain traditions we have? For instance, The late Micheal
Baldeh rest in peace was able to mobiles large number of influential
inter-ethnic votes in Basse area, whilst Dawda Jawara was snob simply
because of his 'caste'. Hereunder, his arguments wasn't listen to, because
he was a cobbler.
What is your advise in democracy harmonising such entrench traditions with
the vital values you espoused here? There is a reason our PhD Gbagbo is
declining to leave. Those underlying unreasonable reasons are antenna to
democratic values he himself went to prison for. Why should a PhD Professor
all of a sudden go blind.
On Wadda: "Wade was born in
K嶵幦er<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A9b%C3%A9mer>,
Senegal; officially, he was born in
1926,[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdoulaye_Wade#cite_note-birth-1>although
some claim he was born several years earlier, and the
record-keeping of the time is not considered particularly
reliable.[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdoulaye_Wade#cite_note-4>He
studied and taught law at the lyc嶪
Condorcet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Condorcet> in France.* He
holds two **doctorates* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate>* in law and
economics. He was also dean of the law and economics faculty at the
**University
of Dakar* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Dakar>* in Senegal.**[
*3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdoulaye_Wade#cite_note-Profile-2> He is
currently married to Viviane Wade and has one son,
Karim<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Wade>,
the former head of the national agency of the Islamic Organization
Conference who since May 2009 has served as the Minister of State for
International Cooperation, Urban and Regional Planning, Air Transport, and
Infrastructure, and a daughter, Sindjely, a Special Assistant to the
President who has participated in many Paris-Dakar rallies." Intellectual
per excellence as well.........
A Gambian scenario:
Controversially, what should we expect of our own (*Dr Malanding Jaiteh*
http://www.columbia.edu/~msj42/index.htm)
*Baba Galleh:* (Baba Galleh Jallow is former editor-in-chief of the *Daily
Observer* and Founder Editor and CEO of *The Independent *newspaper, which
was forcibly shut down by the Gambian authorities in March 2006. With a BA
in Political Science from Fourah Bay College and a Masters in Liberal
Studies from Rutgers University, Baba is currently a PhD student in African
History at the University of California, Davis. His other books, also
published by Wasteland Press, are *Dying for My Daughter* (2004), *Angry
Laughter* (2004), and *The Anatomy of Powercracy and Other Essays *(2006).
His latest book is Mandela's Other Children.)
http://gamwriters.com/africa/gambia/post/2008/8/22/baba-galleh-jallow
*Dr Alagie Jeng*
*Dr of Jursiprudence Lamin J Darboe (http://www.kangkangba.com/lamin_j1.htm)
Double LLM one is said to be in international criminal justice, LLB, Dr
Jurisprudence)*
*Mr Haruna Darboe (**http://thegdp.wordpress.com/*<http://thegdp.wordpress.com/>
*)*
*Dr Abdoulie Saine*
*Ethonologist Mr Ebrima Kamara*
etc etc.
Education is the high point we see some of you guys, but is that enough to
be sure that, the values Gambians are crying for, which is the bucket loads
of tears in other parts of Africa will for sure be taken care of? I wonder,
but the circles that engulf us matters i believe.
Just a thought
Suntou
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Goes to show that a man's education is not as significant as the content of
> his character.
>
> Suntou, while I'm here, let me share some ideas on democracy. Thank you for
> the opportunity:
>
> I get the impression that quite a number of Africans supplant multi-party
> regimes with a democratic dispensation. This is troublesome and it
> demonstrates a lack of understanding and appreciation for democracy. It is a
> way of life. Within democracy are certain mechanisms to accrue and nurture a
> democratic dispensation. One of those mechanisms is the ability for citizens
> to exercise their freedoms of choice, expression, and association for
> industry, religion, and politics.
>
> So the fact that multiple parties exist in a country does not really
> reflect the democratic health of that nation. The reason is that if you have
> 100's of political parties who contest elections but the elections are
> organised and certified by a hand-picked "Independent Electoral Commission"
> or a malignant "Supreme or Constitutional court", elections are rigged
> before they even begin. This is even if there was no electoral fraud, theft,
> or other chicanery. Besides if the campaigning toward the election is not
> FAIR, the election itself cannot be declared Free and Fair. I don't care how
> many international observers certify it thusly.
>
> Just thought I'd share these nuances with us.
>
> Thanx again Suntou for sharing. Education is highly subjective. It cannot
> be a determinant of character.
>
> Haruna.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: suntou touray <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 12:43 pm
> Subject: Laurent Gbagbo... Professor, writer, Pan-Africanist, historain...
> what could possibly go wrong?
>
> http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3430900033.html#G
>
> Suntou
>
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