Thank you for your mail. I surpose you have a point to argue, I wanted to
write more but present I am on a vocatio
>From: Lamin Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: The Interview Of Ex-President Jammeh
>Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:50:45 -0700
>
>Hey pah mambuna ,
>I suppose you have already packed your bags and ready to fly back within
>the week or so to contribute to the nation as Makdela did for his. IF not i
>suggest your stay in Kentucky
>and stop babbling.
>What ar u still doing here since you graduated from Berea. What do we call
>your kind.
>TENN.
>
>
>
>
>At 02:08 PM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Saul,
> >
> >You do not need to reiterate yourself. We heard you loud and clear from
>your very
> >first posting. At times we can all choose to have "Selective
> >hearing/understanding". Its an easy to do thing. You deserve my pat on
>your back
> >for telling us what we may not want to hear.
> >
> >Indeed, Africa can only be developed by Africans and hence Gambia by
>Gambians. It
> >is going to take educated Africans (or should I say intellectuals?) to
>rescue
> >Africa from the poor state Africa is in today. You will agree with me
>that
>there
> >are no shortage of educated Africans in the world today, but where are
>the
>vast
> >majority of these elite Africans investing their "resources"? Certainly,
>the
> >Gambia is not enjoying those "resources" from her elite populace. Why? I
>guess
> >Mr. Bajo has concisely spelt out the reasons over and over. To go on
>bickering
> >about Pres. Jammeh and his cohorts OR Ex-Pres. Jawara and his people
>while we
> >choose to stay in the developed world to amass wealth or for what ever
>reasons,
> >will only lead us to what psychologists refer to as "diffusion of
> >responsibility/bystander effect" - somebody will one day remove him from
>power.
> >Who will that somebody be?
> >
> >Pres. Jammeh and his cohorts might be doing what you and I may disagree
>with, but
> >what good can you and I do if our only weapon is to haul at them from far
>away?
> >The likes of Ghandi, M.L. King Jr. N. Mandela, just as Mr. Bajo has
>mentioned,
> >have done it against their oppressors under very severe conditions that
>they
> >could choose to easily avoid just as most of us are doing right now.
>Mandela saw
> >the need to put an end to apartheid and he sacrificed 27 solid years of
>his life
> >behind bars for the world at large to see what he saw. All praise due to
>Allah,
> >the omnipotent, Mandela's dreams now become a reality. Ghandi saw the
>need
>to put
> >and end to British oppression, that also took countless lives, in India.
>He
> >sacrificed to spend time, over and over, behind bars while he continued
>to
>fight
> >the British with non-violent forces. Dr. King non-violently fought
>against
> >segregation in the United states and suffered numerous arrests even
>before
>he was
> >gunned down. Time after time we heard him say, "Like anyone else, I would
>like to
> >live a long life, longevity has its place .... but it does not matter
>with me
> >any more ..... I just want to do God's will..." What I am try to convey
>is
>that
> >Dr. King vividly knew that they were plotting to kill him, but that did
>not stop
> >him from doing what he was doing. He saw the injustice of segregation and
>was
> >persevered to fight against it at any cost, even at the cost of his own
>life.
> >Wow! these were some of the heroes whose education was used to amass
>wealth not
> >solely for themselves but for the world over. Each one of these people,
>Mandela,
> >King or Ghandi could have avoided the harsh and cruel suffering they had
>gone
> >through had they dropped their weapons (I guess those weapons would be
>words and
> >pen for all three but while at the very core of everything) and watched
>for what
> >will happen next. I wonder and wander if I would have been able to sit
>here at
> >Transylvania University in Lexington, KY today to freely compose this
>response
> >had it not been the struggle Dr. King and his people undertook. Someone
>in
>India
> >or South Africa may be wondering and wandering for a similar thing had it
>not
> >been for Ghandi or Mandela in addition to Allah's will.
> >
> >We heard enough of what needs to be done at home now. I for one agree
>that
>most
> >of the points raised by many on this very "Bantaba" are worth
>implementing. To
> >paraphrase Mr. Bajo, "actions do speak louder than words". We have these
>great
> >many ideas, but will we be willing to pay for anything that it will cost
>to
> >implement them? Certainly not if we only keep hauling from far away. I
>guess this
> >is the point Mr. Bajo clearly spelt out in both his postings and he
>surely
> >deserves my applause. I attended a meeting in Atlanta during the July 4
>reunion,
> >and to be honest it was awe inspiring to see all those Gambian intellects
>who are
> >rich in knowledge. I take my hat off for them to be able to dedicate
>themselves
> >to achieve what they have. I was really thrilled. The GAMBIA, our
>homeland,
> >surely needs their expertise if we want to prevent another exodus of the
> >generation that follows us. Our generation has immensely dispersed,
>thanks to
> >Ex-Pres Jawara, but we can make Gambia a conducive place for the next
> >generation to stay if we go home to implement what our intellectuals deem
> >necessary.
> >
> >We cannot stand aloof from our nation's affairs and only hope for the
>best. Pres.
> >Jammeh has always welcome the educated ones to go and work together for
>a
>better
> >Gambia. May Allah give us all the courage to do just that.
> >
> >God speed!
> >
> >Pa Mambuna
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on
>earth,
> >like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has
>succeeded in
> >his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front
>and not
> >behind... George Bernard Shaw, Playwright, 1856-1950
> >
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