Mr. Sey, that was a very mature thought of yours. Work
hard for our "Beloved Gambia" out there. May god bless
you.

Sulayman


--- Essa Sey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> MafYand others,
>
>        I did receive your welcoming remarks plus
> those from Sutay Jammeh,Ousman Bojang, my dear
> lecturer Mam Nderry Touray,sister Jarra Ndow at the
> RVH and O B sillah thanks a lot for the warm
> welcome. I couldn't reply to your postings
> spontaneously because i had to hop to Switzerland on
> an official mission(to present my letters of
> credentials to the swiss confederation).
>
>         Mafy u are right i fully remember having
> read thru an article that u wrote on me few months
> ago. I thank u for having taken the pain to
> investigate about my origin,educational
> background,etc and eventually write to react to
> those criticisms that were levied against me.
>
>        Please note that my stand on that issue was
> and still is to forgive anyone who chose to write
> and criticise me for whatever reason. That episode
> should be left to go with the 'candle of the wind'
> Elton Jone's song(laugh).
>
> I learnt to have a thick skin on the issue because
> anyone holding a post of responsibility must be
> criticised so i could not have been an exception!
> When i was studying within the four walls of IFE
> Dakar university and at the university of
> Besançon-in france as mafy wrote( with Ousman
> Bojang's Goro- Ya sai Jobe, no one criticised me on
> this forum  at that time.So the reason behind me
> being criticised is nothing other the fact that i am
> serving the public  like any other person on a
> position like mine. One day i'll go and my successor
> also should expect to be criticised, so is life.
>
>   Please i would like to assure Mam touray that i
> did see his advice and would tread carefully.So rest
> assured that you'll never see me engaged on futile
> personal attacks with anyone on this forum,after all
> all the articles that are sent in here  are from my
> brothers and sisters whether we agree or not should
> warrant any hatred at all.
>
> As Peter Abrahams said:"all whites are bad and all
> blacks are good is false,likewise all blacks are bad
> and whites are good is also false" this was said by
> a writer in then South Africa. Thus i'd borrow the
> idea and say that:"only my ideas are good and other
> ones are not is false,likewise all others are good
> and mine aren't is also false" thus i joined this
> forum to :"come see and learn" contrary to caesar's
> motto:"to come see and conquer".
>
> Finally i am happy to inform all that i have
> compiled my writings(poems) the text was edited by
> the vinasha production company in the Gambia under
> the supervision of Ms Nana Ama ofori Atta-she's the
> MD of that company Mrs. Elizabeth Renner also edited
> it(the latter doesn't know me in person but got the
> text thru Nana, that was about a year and some
> months ago)                                    .
>
> The  text is entitled the:"BOAT OF THOUGHT" all
> brothers and sisters who wish to give me adresses of
> publishers  are welcome. I have already got one in
> Hungary Budapest,nevertheless, the more openings
> there are, the wider the publicity. I will be
> sending in some excerpts from my compilation now and
> again in some of my articles.  I say hello to
> Hamjatta i have been reading  thru your postings a
> lot and i have questions for u. You will see them in
> one of my postings,actually i do enjoy reading thru
> some articles sent into this forum!
>
>                            Good night to all of you
> may ALAH bless us all
>
>                                                Essa
> Bokarr  Sey
>
>
> in paris.
>
>
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