Mr Kujabi

Thanks for your brilliant ciritique. I only beg to indicate that you are
rather mistaken in presuming that I'm attacking the people you indicated in
your posting. I do not think the people for whom you are speaking will think
the way you are. Incidentally, until he left The Gambiua for the UK,
Hamjatta Kanteh was a very close brother and friend. He still is. Since you
know me, I suppose you also know that I have been writing similar stories in
the Observer since 1992 and The Independent since it started in 1999.
Actually, as I did indicate at the beginning of my posting these stories on
the L, the main purpose here is to provide some form of entertainment for
the tense L. I just thought a little variety is in place.
As to your question as to who I satirise, I satirise the wicked and the
pompous, the corrupt and the evil, the hypocrites and the parasites of this
world.
As for serious writings, please raed The Independent.
However, thanks for taking the time to critique my stories. No hard feelings
at all. Cheers and good luck sir.
Baba


>From: Ansumana Kujabi <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: MR. KNOW-ALL COMES TO TOWN(WHO DO YOU SATIRE AGAINST?)
>Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 09:26:04 -0000
>
>MR. BABA GALLEH JALLOW:
>
>The quotation below is an excerpt from your piece. My brother I believe
>that
>it is a SATIRE NOT against Moron Jammeh and his Cohorts, but against your
>fellow members of the struggle. I have been reading your Satires recently,
>and initially, I held the view that they are Satires referring to so-called
>intellectuals who knows it all and yet are fooled and mentally imprisoned
>by
>Moron Jammeh and his cohorts. And at the end of the day, all these "Mr.
>Know
>All Intellectuals" do is to dance to the Moron's tune and execute his dirty
>orders. Mr. Baba Galleh Jallow, all your Satires I have read so far are
>against the VERY FINE and DECENT CITIZENS of the struggle. Your initial
>Satires were against good and tireless fighters like DR. KATIM TOURAY,
>HAMJATTA KANTEH, DR. SAINE ETC. The stunning question is MR. BABA GALLEH
>JALLOW: WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR INTELLECT, ENERGY AND VALUABLE TIME, just
>to SATIRE against these fine people in the struggle against the INSANE
>administration we have at home?
>
>Frankly, BABA GALLEH, you have really surprised me. For a man of your
>intellectual ability, someone who is a POLITICAL SCIENTIST and a very FINE
>journalist who does not only master the science of journalism, but also has
>a focused mind and solid integrity in gathering and presenting facts
>without
>bias, is NOW engaged in destroying and tarnishing the fine works and
>integrity of his fellow Citizens, particularly, those with whom he shares a
>common purpose. This borders me a great deal. This kind of act is what we
>used to called in The Gambia, "CAFE INTELLECTUALISM". Cafe Intellectualism
>used to be a very widely used nomenclature for those so-called
>intellectuals
>who had graduated from either OXFORD, LSE, CAMBRIDGE, HARVARD or any other
>top University in Europe who became so brained washed that they could not
>work in the system; and in the end, all that they end up doing was to
>""Vous"" at then CAFE TEXACO on Independence Drive to drink STUART upon
>STUART. The Cafe Intellectuals felt too good to even mingle with the local
>people, and yet they could not even apply their so-called knowledge
>obtained
>form those top Universities to formulate basic administrative policy.
>That's
>why we used to call them Cafe Intellectuals.
>
>Mr. Baba Galleh, it seems to me that you are also falling into the trap of
>"Cafe Intellectualism", since instead of using your strength as a
>formidable
>writer and facts presenter to eloquently highlight the horrible situation
>prevailing back home in order to assist us in our struggle, you resort to
>attacks in the form of a Satire against your fellow troops in the battle
>field. My brother, if you want us to not only win the BATTLE, but also win
>the WAR itself, you MUST emerge out of SATIRE BUNKER and rejoin us in the
>struggle. PLEASE, LET'S STOP ATTAKCS, and instead, concentrate on our
>principal Objective, which is to restore Democracy back home.
>
>Ansumana Kujabi.
>
>
>"Our gentle Rhinehart Soberlook was even more famous for the bottomless
>depth
>of his knowledge and the amazing quality of his curriculum vitae.  For in
>addition to his Bachelor of Rats Degree in Prating, Rhinehart Soberlook was
>the proud holder of a Master of Skins Degree in Bluffing, an Advanced
>Diploma in Rattling Procedures and to top it all, an advanced Doctorate of
>Heehawlogy in Sophisticated Cackology. In recognition of his amazing
>academic achievements, our eminent Rhinehart Soberlook was conferred with
>an
>Honorary Doctorate of Slipshody and named Professor Emeritus in Hot Air
>Procedures by his reputable alma mater, the famous University of
>No-Truth-Upon-Top.
>With such a dazzling academic background, it was no wonder that our gentle
>Rhinehart Soberlook soon came to be known as Mr. Know-All, a title he
>immediately fell madly in love with and proceeded to prove he was worthy of
>by delving into long expositions of any topic under the sun he felt
>inclined
>to comment on.
>Our gentle Rhinehart Soberlook professed intimacy with every single subject
>on the face of the earth, from the fabled three Rs to science, geography,
>physics and TD."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: Omar Hatab <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: MR. KNOW-ALL COMES TO TOWN
>>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 23:16:25 -0000
>>
>>MR. KNOW-ALL COMES TO TOWN
>>By Baba Galleh Jallow
>>
>>
>>
>>When the great Rhinehart Soberlook surfaced in our little town, apparently
>>from nowhere, we all jumped and danced and gave him a rousing welcome.
>>Unlike our prominent bigwigs, who claim to have smelt a rat in Rhinehart’s
>>handsome face which they claimed reminded them of a camel’s hump, our
>>common
>>townsfolk were particularly excited at the great man’s outward appearance
>>which they thought was just fabs, and after just a little while, at the
>>professed depth of his extensive wisdom on all matters of the world.
>>Clearly, Rhinehart Soberlook was no common guy. This was amply manifested
>>by
>>his immediate establishment of the mighty Jahasay Enterprises, which soon
>>became the wealthiest business concern in our little town. Tales of his
>>legendary business acumen made the rounds and soon surrounded Rhinehart
>>Soberlook with an aura of mystery and sophistication, which sent the heads
>>of our common townsfolk spinning and actually got our prominent bigwigs
>>gaping.
>>Our gentle Rhinehart Soberlook was even more famous for the bottomless
>>depth
>>of his knowledge and the amazing quality of his curriculum vitae.  For in
>>addition to his Bachelor of Rats Degree in Prating, Rhinehart Soberlook
>>was
>>the proud holder of a Master of Skins Degree in Bluffing, an Advanced
>>Diploma in Rattling Procedures and to top it all, an advanced Doctorate of
>>Heehawlogy in Sophisticated Cackology. In recognition of his amazing
>>academic achievements, our eminent Rhinehart Soberlook was conferred with
>>an
>>Honorary Doctorate of Slipshody and named Professor Emeritus in Hot Air
>>Procedures by his reputable alma mater, the famous University of
>>No-Truth-Upon-Top.
>>With such a dazzling academic background, it was no wonder that our gentle
>>Rhinehart Soberlook soon came to be known as Mr. Know-All, a title he
>>immediately fell madly in love with and proceeded to prove he was worthy
>>of
>>by delving into long expositions of any topic under the sun he felt
>>inclined
>>to comment on.
>>Our gentle Rhinehart Soberlook professed intimacy with every single
>>subject
>>on the face of the earth, from the fabled three Rs to science, geography,
>>physics and TD. He claimed to have read all the major works in the field
>>of
>>chemistry and physics and was always quick to delve into expositions of
>>the
>>atom and the molecule and give glowing analysis of Newton’s famous law of
>>motion. He would speak so intimately of the father of history that some of
>>our common townsfolk claimed that he was actually a close fried of the
>>great
>>Herodotus. And when you came to the field of philosophy, our learned Mr.
>>Know-All would tell you that in fact at college, they used to call him
>>Plato, Aristotle and even Shakespeare and that in fact, there was this
>>blue-eyed girl who actually insisted that he was Socrates reborn. ‘I did
>>not
>>know what to say to her,’ he would proudly admit, tilting his head,
>>squinting his eyes, and broadly grinning at his audience. ‘Then when I now
>>say that you guys have a lot to learn, some of you will wear frowning
>>faces,’ he would chide. ‘But let me tell you one thing,’ he would
>>generally
>>add, ‘if wisdom was a fruit you could pick on a tree, most of you would be
>>losers.’ Whereas our common townsfolk would break into a rousing round of
>>applause that gave our famous Rhinehart Soberlook even more fire to preach
>>on.
>>
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