Truly,

The death of Paa Joakim DaCosta is a great loss to the country. Even to
those of us who never knew him personally, that he spent most of his life
teaching and nurturing Gambian minds, is a reputation more dignified than
can be adequately summoned in our present sense of bereavement. He falls in
line with a shortlist of those Gambian heroes who championed the national
interest with disarming consistency, never equivocating when truth needed to
be spoken to power. Like Paa William Small, Paa Ali Jammeh, and Paa Dickson
Colley, all before him, Paa DaCosta's memory shall be treasured and
honoured, never to buried....always to be remebered when we pay homage to
all those silent heroes who sleep their final sleep unfulfilled.

Together with all those whose passing have been brought to our notice on
this List, we pray that  Allah shower His countenance upon them, and grant
them eternal peace.

Momodou S Sidibeh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~