Suntou,
 
You are absolutely right that Gambia or much of West Africa is known for  her 
prowess in drumming and merry-making. That culture is what the slaves took  
with them to western and eastern shores because it required the least 
innovation  to preserve and offered immediate joy.
 
For your purposes, there is an effort underway to chronicle the place of  
Timbuctoo in civilizations. And since Gambia does not have a distinct culture,  
(it is a mix of cultures from Senegal, Mali, Guineas Conakry and Bissau,  
SierraLeone, Ghana, Nigeria and The Ivory Coast, you may wish to identify a  unique 
culture in any of those countries and trace its welfare through Gambia  and 
Europe. You may wish to look to Agriculture or a system of indigenous  
jurisprudence perhaps. Hope that will yield a source of pride-value.
 
Masoud. Filthy Poor. MQJGDT. Darbo. Al Sheikh.
 
 
In a message dated 1/27/2008 2:44:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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I was  invited to a work shop last Friday in representing the Gambian 
community in my  city. during deliberations on cultural issues ,many delegates kept 
on banging  on about African drumming. this is use as a cultural example. i was 
a bit  baffle. why do the westerners (some) of them mistakenly keep on 
thinking that  our culture is drumming and music? any time some one talk to 
me,he/she make  reference to drumming. what can we identify as a Gambian culture. i 
know it  encompass many things ,but in a short unambiguous way ,what can we 
easily say  is our culture? some even want me to organise a Gambian music event 
for them  as if  that is the reason for me to attend the event. we need to do a  
little explaining. any idea because i am attending another one on the 5Th of  
February 2008. i just want t tell them in case some asked what our culture. i 
 have my own answer but i need more ideas on what a Gambian culture is  .

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