Dyda,
I should also add;  the claimed that the diplomatic intervention of Seng
partly speeded up the independence of Guinea Bissau  will be a statement that
underminds the political situation in Portugal at that time.The radical
military coup in Portugal,which is sometimes reffered to as the Revolution in
Portugal,created the right admosphere for the freedom fihgters in Bissau and
else where in the colonies.The involment of portugal in these wars did
radicalised that society and among the reason for the military coup  was that
the country was involved in a unnnessarry wars.The radical military coup in
Portugal brought to an end the days of dictatorship in the country and pave
the way for the Independent of the colonies.

For Freedom
Saiks




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>Dyda,
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>Fanon wrote:
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>> "Sealed into that crushing objecthood,I turned beseechingly to others.Their
>attention was a liberation,running over my body suddenly abraded into
>nonbeing,endowing me once more with an agibility that I thought lost,and by
>taking me out of the world,restoring me to it.But just as I reched the other
>side,I  stumbled,and the movements,the attitudes,the glances of  the other
>fixed me there,in the sense in which a chemical solution is fixed by a dye.I
>was ingignant;I demanded an explaination.Nothing happened.I burst apart.Now
>the fragments have been put together again by another self……"
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>It was not the African people who were looking for recognition from the
White.
>For them it was a question of the right to self-determination. It was the
>responsibility and duty of the White to recognised and respect what is
>different from them.
> However Seng, like many of his counterparts did fought to get this
>recognition, one, their contribution in mastering and advancing the Culture;
>the literature, the Lanuage, the philosophy etc of the White man, has been of
>great significance, Seng will always be remembered for such a great role.
>It was no accident, or intellectual inferior complex why Anta Jobe insisted
>that had Seng understood the great African civilisations were built by men of
>great minds he would not have attributed the ability to think to one race but
>understand that it is human. Negritude lived to demand recognisation from the
>White Man and this was not the agenda of the African people and thus this
>Ideology as a political movement lived to exist only in the heads of its
>founders.
>Yes it is true that when we have to judge the importance of a political party
>in terms of the number of seats they have in parliament then LDMPT,Ande Jeff,
>etc will be of little significance. But if we are to see politics from a
wider
>perspective, away from that narrow definition then we will see the importance
>of these parties in the political development of Senegal. After Seng, the
>involvement of these Political parties, he banned, proved that Senegal was
>denied the contribution of some of the greatest minds in Senegal.Infact if
>they happen to be able to win only one seat, it is democratic for those who
>voted for them to be represented by those they voted for. The fact that they
>were invited to the reconciliation governement, with LDMPT having two
>ministerial posts, shows that it is far from the truth that these were
>insignificant political parties in Senegal.Ande Jeff played, perhaps the
>greatest role in bringing and holding alive the coalition of opposition
>parties that brought the PS government out of power. For almost 15 years Ande
>Jeff have been struggling to hold this alliance together with all the
>contradictions that were involved. This is the very reason why all these
>political parties are over seeing important ministerial post as Works and
>Communication.Seng had a great problem in handling his opponent, he was very
>brutal, no compromise, he will also be remembered. The role and position of
>these political parties, since after Abdou Joof lifted the ban on them proved
>that there banning was undemocratic.
>I never said that Seng was able stop the Gambia from getting independence, he
>could never do so, there was no power on earth that could stop the Gambian
>masses from gaing their Independence, and they were very determind. What I
>said was that he worked against the Independence of the Gambia. That he was
>more interested in having the Gambia been part of Senegal. Even the cross
>boarder attacked on poor, defenceless Gambian farmers by the Senegalese army
>was seen as a deliberate effort to provoke a military conflict that would
give
>the Senegalese army and explanation to invade the Gambia.
>If the Senegalese army participated in the Liberation war in Guinea Bissau it
>was not to help the PAIGC to liberate the conutry. The Senegalese army killed
>and short at PAIGC arm forces. I have since been marking consultation on your
>assertion that Senegalese forces were fighting together with the Liberation
>forces without any success. What is known is that Seng have been given
support
>to the known anti PAIGC party who were based in Senegal, thanks to the
efforts
>of the Bissauian people, Savimbi never emerged in this spart of the
continent.
>In fact many are saying that the tension between these two countries are as a
>result of the role that Senegal was playing in that war.
>Wishing you and all at the POINT a happy new year.
>
>For Freedom
>Saiks
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>>Deyda, I think you are missing the point about Seng. The issue about Seng.
>>Is not about the platitude of the philosophy or doctrine of negritude, far
>>From it. After all Seng. Lived in an era when black people all over the
>>World were struggling for recognition, hence the slogans "black is
>>Beautiful" "black power" am "black
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