Dear L-Managers,
Grateful if you could kindly subscribe Sainey Manneh
of the Physical Planning Department of the Ministry of
Lands in Banjul. His e-mail address is:
[log in to unmask]
Thanks and more grease to your elbows.
KBJ
Nairobi-Kenya.
--- Omar Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> African unity has been high on the agenda for many
> decades, and we have seen and heard many different
> leaders advocating for the same issue. We want to
> believe that the achievement of this dream will
> create a great turning point in the lives of the
> entire African people, be it positve or negetive.
> However, I believe that we should start this unity
> crusade from within our native countries. Many
> African countries are engulfed in ethnic, tribal,
> political and economic chaos, and it should have
> been better to clear ourselves first and foremost of
> this menace before taking any giant step towards
> African unity. Countries like Somalia, Rwanda,
> Burundi, Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, DRC etc, are
> so internally divided because of ethnic\tribal
> strife, and it is not going to be any easy for
> natives of these countries to relate to other
> Africans if they cant overcome their own differences
> , and having a dialogue for peace.
>
> I would want to hail Gaddafi`s idea, but it might
> have come at the wrong time. I want to question why
> this sudden interest in Black Africa? Is it because
> Gaddafi is not pulling on well with his Arab
> brothers? And we all know that North Africans relate
> more to their Arab brothers in the middle -east than
> to black Africans. If not, then why is all this talk
> about " I`m from the Maghrib" ? I study with people
> from North Africa and I`m writing out of experience.
>
> This whole idea about African unity should not be
> ridiculed. We still harbour immence respect for the
> great innovator Kwame Nkrumah, and ofcourse the west
> is waiting to see whether we can do it. This is a
> premature time for it, and we need to give our
> brothers and sisters in civil strife the time and
> chance to put themselves together, and then we can
> talk sharp and straight to each other.
>
> We know Gaddafi is controversial, but the man is to
> be fancied. Libya has gone through a lot of trials
> and tribulations over the years, but she is still on
> her feet and is not dancing to the tunes of nobody!
> Let us give that credit to Gaddafi, and I want to
> believe that the average Libyan has a better living
> standard compared to other Africans. I`m yet to meet
> a Libyan immigrant here in Norway!
>
> God bless Africans and African unity.
>
> Regards,
> omar.
> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> Fra: Dr. Amadou Janneh <[log in to unmask]>
> Til: [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Dato: 16. oktober 1999 00:54
> Emne: Bro MM Graduating
>
>
> >Gambia-l (Gunjurians, in particular):
> >
> >Momodou Musa Scattred Janneh (M.M.) will be
> graduating from the University of
> >Tennessee at the end of this semester (Dec. 18)
> with a bachelor's degree in
> >chemical engineering and a minor in chemistry.
> >
> >Plan to join us at the ceremonies in Knoxville.
> >
> >Amadou S. J.
> >
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