Sir Coach,

Toch nga yakh bi. Thanks for this very favorable review of this small book. 
Much appreciated.

Baba


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>Subject: MANDELA'S OTHER CHILDREN- A must read
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:43:48 -0700
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>MANDELA’S OTHER CHILDREN: THE DIARY OF AN AFRICAN JOURANLIST by Baba Galleh 
>Jallow is a must read for all Gambians, regardless of political 
>affiliation. Everyone should endeavor to get hold of a copy. The book gives 
>a clear picture of Jammeh’s tyranny and serves as a clear testimony to 
>Jammeh’s paranoia and arrogance.  It documents not only Baba’s experiences, 
>but also such events as the murder of Ousman Koro Ceesay, the massacre of 
>school children on April 10/11 2000, the closure of Citizen FM radio, the 
>attempted burning of Radio 1 FM and the murder of Deyda Hydara on December 
>16, 2004, among other things.
>
>As I read the book, I did not know whether to cry for my dear country or to 
>laugh at the absurdity of the so -called security officers and their “we 
>just following orders from above” nonsense. What I however, got from it is 
>Baba’s courage and determination not to be cowered and bought by Jammeh and 
>his clique. This book will go down as the most vivid documentation of 
>Jammeh’s brutality against the press in particular and The Gambia in 
>general. It is all very revealing of the workings of the NIA because it is 
>told by someone who has spent many days and nights detained behind the 
>walls of their “dracula’s castle”
>
>If you are a Jammeh supporter, reading this book might help open your eyes 
>to the true colors of the APRC/AFPRC regimes. If you are a Jammeh critic, 
>this book will help you understand the dictatorial resolve of Jammeh and 
>his henchmen to stifle dissenting views and to stay in power by any means 
>necessary.
>
>To the journalists, there is no better narration of their plight. The 
>book’s publication could not have come at a better time when our colleagues 
>Fatou Jaw Manneh, Lamin Fatty etc are being paraded through the kangaroo 
>courts on trumped up charges, and the disappearances of Chief Manneh and 
>others.
>
>As is cogently put in the book’s back page description, Mandela’s other 
>Children “is a story of heroic resistance, stubborn defiance, and a steely 
>determination to assert and preserve endangered sovereignties by threatened 
>social entities.” This book will provide you with incontrovertible facts 
>about Jammeh’s tyranny.
>
>Baba Galleh Jallow was editor-in-chief of the Daily Observer and Founder 
>Editor and CEO of the Independent Newspaper. He holds a BA in Political 
>Science, a Masters in Liberal Studies and is currently a PhD student in 
>History at the University of California, Davis. The book can be obtained 
>from http://www.freegambia.net/shop.html. Baba’s other books are Dying for 
>My Daughter, Angry Laughter, and The Anatomy of Powercracy and Other 
>Essays.
>
>
>
>"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of 
>justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
>
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