Mr Drammeh,

I have been enjoying your exchange and the many interesting issues you have
been putting us through.However there are certain points that I believed are
not inline with my own view of what is going on.
The Political situation in Senegal is very interesting and we as Gambians
should pay great attentions to the developments there.First,let me tell you
what I feel about Negritude.The reason why I believed that Africans are not
interested in this political thought, is because of the fact that it has
been the most reactionary political thought that has ever emerged in the
continent since independent.Negritude was posing itself as an alternative to
Pan-Africanism,reducing its meaning to the well known slogan of the founder
"Reason Greek,emotion African".Critics like Anta Jobe have accused Senghore
of not knowing his history and for that reason came to such a
conclusion.Negritude does not only say that all that is black is "beautiful"
but also glorifying terrible African history,conditions and culture.This you
can simply find out in the writings of both Senghore and likes of Lye Camara
of Guinea.The most interesting contradictions is that,must of these people
live a life very different from that of the African.Take Senghore's "Night
in Sine" and compare this with the life of Senghore and the condition of the
African Woman in the village.Falsifying the African culture,history or beign
is the least we need as a struggling continent.
   Secondly the Political situation in Senegal is perhaps more
complicated.For more than 10 years,Senegalese oppositions Parties have been
working together to bring about political change in that country and among
the most active in this work were the most progressive political parties in
that country,who were also banned political parties during the Period of
Senghore and the bann lifted by the Joof.After bringing down the PS
regime,these people are now face with another situation and the condition of
the ordinary Senegalese still the same.
The lesson for us Gambians is that,is it just enough that we are against the
semi fascist APRC regime or do we want a better Gambia after Jammeh.This is
what is the problem with people like me and my lack of interest in a unified
Opposition against Jammeh.Not only in Senegal,but in Accra too this is the
problem,even though bringing down the regime of Junior Judas brought hope to
the ordinary people,very little has changed in the life of ordinary
Ghanaians.Are the opposition parties capable of bringing about change for a
better Gambia.Do we ever here them telling us how is this going to take
place.Much of what we hear from them is what they are against and  most of
us agree with them on those issue.Learning from Senegal or Ghana,will mean
that the oppositions parties tell us what they are for and how they are
going to go about it and then we can put in place things that will make it
impossible to have another fascist regime,light or strong.


For Freedom
Saiks


>From: Oko Drammeh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 14:55:44 +0100
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>Culture and Life.
>
>We want Africa to asset her self, to preserve her personality to up hold
>and excercise her Lirbety
>of actions .We want Africa to recover her dignity which should be expressed
>and acknowledge.
>Senegal is a hurdle too high to jump.
>
>QUOATATION
>" I notice that all of thoes comminting on Senegalese politics are the ones
>who never made a
>single comment on the APRC regime "
>Jabou Joh wrote.
>
>This is what this time of political emergence of the African people to
>liberty and dignity
>commands us to do.
>
>Renovations should sweep the past  But sadly Senegal; is still strengthen
>by colonialism.
>
>There is oppression in the Gambia as a nation but in Senegal there is still
>Neo colonialism and
>ANTI-African Unity a virus that affects the Contienent of Africa as a whole
>and the diaspora..
>
>Much respect and Love.
>
>For The records.
>Oko Drammeh
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