Wow, casting the Wollofs in this light, is this really necessary?  Surely 
there were Wollofs who opposed colonialism, etc.?  Hmmm....


Ginny


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Subject: Re: [>-<] THE CORROSION OF GAMBIAN CULTURE: CAUSES, IMPLICATIONS 
AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.


> The CAUSES
>
> IT IS MORE THAN MUSIC, IT IS NEO-COLONIALISM.
> The last stage of imperialism.
>
> The WOLLOF TRIBALISM AND SUPERIORITY AND THE DOMINATION OF THESENEGALESE 
> GAMBIAN CULTURE
> a.The Wollof and the Assimilation of Western culture and civilation
> The Wollofs were the first and main partners to The French invaders. In 
> Senegal the local in the quatre (4) communes of four of Dakar, Goree, St. 
> Louis and Rufsique and were ruled as a provience of france and individuals 
> within these areas were regarded as frenchmen They fought with the French 
> to secure much of french west Africa and allied with the French to Build 
> the first military post of Dakar.The wollofs are the Sea people having 
> their trading states of Walo , Kayor and Baol and Sine on the coastline 
> and prospered very well with the arrival of the Europeans.They also had 
> the inland states of Jolof and Saloum which( later united with Sine) to 
> create Sine Saloum.This time there was no Banjul.only in 1826 that the 
> British have a foot in the north bank of The Gambia, in Niumi, the north 
> bank was all wollof Empire territory.
>
> THE COLONY 1821,
> Before 1965, if you do not live in Banjul, the colony and you are found 
> after 5 pm in the streets of Bathurst by the police you will be arrested 
> and detained then deported like a refugee all the way to Soma and you will 
> have to walk the rest of thge distance to your village. Banjul was only 
> for Wollofs, Akus, Portuguses. The wollof were the only original African 
> in their midst. Thery felt white. The building of Banjul was made possible 
> by the wollof Boats and and Jola Navigators. The portuguses who first came 
> to The Guinea Coast and Cape Verde meet the Jola people first and trained 
> them into sailing and Navigation. This is why in Jola have alot of 
> Portuguese silimlarities and traditions.
>
> THE LAST MIGRANTS TO THE GAMBIA FROM SENEGAL
> In Banjul the settlements were Soldier town, Jolof and Portuguse town, 
> Half-die  formally Mokum for local wollofs and Sereres from Senegal and 
> the Jolas from Portuguse Guinea.They all worked in sailing boat 
> construction and navigation and have also supplied the stones and sand 
> from Dog Island that laid the foundation of Banjul.The contractors of 
> these projects were handed to the wollof who brough in own labourers. The 
> wollof were put in the position of landownership and trading by the 
> Europeans and their Aku friends.
>
> THE WOLLOF OF BANJUL TOWN
> These two tribes were the first to settle as Africans in The Island of 
> Banjul. The greater part of the Jolas returned after the construction of 
> Banjul to Foni and to Portuguses Guinea while the wollof continued to live 
> in Banjul as the biggest local presence in The colony. They later held 
> high post in the civil service and served the in the British 
> administration. The Akus broughts with them to the Gambia sun hats and 
> jackets, leather full shoes, Coats and bowties which they will later 
> passed out to the local wollof natives. Most of the Aku families had their 
> favourite wollof family that you fluss out your old clothes and old 
> cooking pots, old tooth brush, whatever.They wollof were also educated in 
> English and they volunteerd willfully for the British as very obedient 
> servants. Yes Sir, Boss
>
> WHEN THE BRITISH LOST SENEGAL
> After the British lost the American Revolution they also lost most of 
> their terrotory in West Africa including the island of Goree Saint Louis 
> which the capital of Senegal. Many English speaking Africans who did'nt 
> want stay under French rule migrated to the British island of Bathurst 
> around 1864.The People of Saint Louis, the people of Goree and many more 
> wollofs decided to join the exodus to Banjul from Senegal.
>
> WOLLOFS AND THE OTHER NATIVE TRIBES
> The French thought the Wollof how to impose and to discrminate against 
> INLAND tribes.They also help to teach the law to the local people. They 
> helped catched many slaves and have betrayed and spied on inland tribes 
> against the local people. They were alo the voice and the communicator of 
> the white french. They enrolled many wollof men in the army and 
> naturalised them into french citizens before the rest of Africa.They had 
> wollof parliamentarians in Paris way before any other. The wollof fought 
> together with the french against the Arabs and the Moors.The french 
> supplied them with fire power and amunianation.The french erarlier 
> defeated all the wollof states and constructed a train railway (which Lat 
> jor opposed) from Saint louis to the new Capital in Kayor called Dakar. 
> Dakar is the new  military and defence station and trading power with the 
> west by-passing Manding , Futa Torro (northern Senegal-lower Mauritania) 
> and ancent Ghana. They wollofs spoke the African wollof
> langauge but they acted like frenchmen and superior to other tribes 
> because of their relationship with the master guns and treaties for 
> protection and military alliance.Senegal has the oldest army in Africa 
> which is over 100 years old.
>
> NEGRITUDE IS WOLLOF CULTURE
> The French had the worst types of de-humanising and brainwashing method of 
> a people in the entire Africa to a point of co-inventing the Negrritude 
> "The myth of Blak is Emotions and White Intellect".Senegal is a 
> historically brain washed nation. They (Senegal)  used to blow the whistle 
> on Ahmed Sekou Toure affected and screwed his relationship with France, 
> they pipped on Yasser Arafats assistance to the ANC, they coexisted with 
> Congo to supress all form of liberalism and progressive mass movements in 
> Africa under the banner of anti-communisim. In Senegal theyhad abandon all 
> forms of African dresses in office and to refrain from Sepeaking wollof in 
> public. Even the uneducated must speak french in public places.'Remember 
> when Miriam Makeba wqas expelled by the white south African regime and she 
> flew to Senegal, they refused her to land in Senegal and she had to go to 
> Guinea instead called upon by President Ahmed Sekou Toure.She lived in 
> Guinea untill Mandela was freed.
>
> WOLLOFS AND THE CULTURAL SELLOUT
> Throw away your African dresses.Chayas, Kulambengs and your malans.
> There was a song called Chaya Nell Teka, Suma dem mey ndarr hoti tubai 
> meaning my Afican pants get lost,(" when I reach the capital city of Saint 
> Louis I will happily throw my African clothes away and pick up a 
> Pantalon") other songs like Suma Ndow si Tubab la ( My wife is a African 
> wife is European). The wollof have develped together with the french a 
> very dehumanising joke to weak your moral and hurt the pride of other 
> tribes that do not live in the colony.
>
> TRIBAL JOKES AND WOLLOF SUPREMACY
> These are the inferior tribal jokes invented by the wollofs to belittle 
> other tribes
> 1.The Jolas- Jola Jakkut-Ali jow jow wang-ass,(Dress don't matter,only 
> bottoms)
> 2.The Serere - Jam Senggah-Ubil tat njef Kani- (Naked shameless drunkards)
> 3.The Fulas- Puel Futa Jabere Banga Sachey Yagana (The thieves)
> 4.The Bambara- Mondo-Bambara/ ( Dead Flesh Eaters)
> 5.The Mandingo- Munku by Dozen / Munku sosseh
> P/S. Ther are No tribal jokes for Akus and Wollof tribes.It was blasphemy.
>
> ESSENCE OF CONCIOUS IDEOLOGICAL ARTISTS
> There are two musical camps in Africa Camp A and Camp B
> 1.Camp A.-
> Disliked by The West and often denied work permits, radio & TV interviews
>
> Late Fela Kuti- Founder of MOJA (movement of justice in Africa)/ Nigeria
> Hugh Maselela- Exiled figther of Aparthied/ Freeeee Nelson Mandela
> Thomas Mapfumo- Jailed ZANU freedom fighter/ Zimbabwe against Ian Smith
> Toure Kunda-Rejected by Abdou Doiuf for inciting the Cassamance rebellion
> Lucky Dube- Political Activist
> Ifangbondi-Political Activist /Conscious lyrics
> Alpha Blondy/ Political Activist/ Conscious Lyrics
> Miriam Makeba/ UN Rep for African Freedom Movements
>
> 2.Camp B-
> Loved by The West and carry no fear or suprise political comments
>
> Youssou Ndour- Good Happy Singer & Disciplinarian
> Koffi Olomedi-  Bleeching image of Africa
> Cheb Khalid-  Arabic Soca-Pop (No-vision), no message
> Salif Keita- Good voice and Songs of sorrow / No consciouns Message
> King Sunny Ade- The Smiling Gentleman
> Angelique Kidjo-  Singing ladybird
>
> THE DIFFERENCE between AN ARTIST and a SINGER
> Thew role of an artist extend far beyond the stage and concert halls. The 
> artist must be conscious of the plight of his people and stubbornly 
> surviving the system. The artists is an awakener. The vintage point is how 
> the plight of his people relate to humanity. Life offers many options but 
> the life of an honest artist is not an easyone.Understanding your begining 
> and how you developed culturally artisticall and politically., all this 
> reveal the nature of your missionand the importance for the legacy of 
> particapation we have inhertted from the former ones
>
> I see the connection between the problems of all oppressed people and the 
> necessity for the artist to participate fully.
>
> AMANDLA !
>
> The Revolution cultural is demanding in The Gambia
> Oko Drammeh
> www.okodrammeh.com
>
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