Sidibeh/Oko/Bailo,

I hope the SOPI Coalition is listening. The song is pregnant with meaning giving a vivid picture of the harsh realities not only in Senegal but in many African countries. We don`t have to look far away to see that. The level of deprivation is alarming and having to take such a risk on those rickety fishing boats on such a perilous route shows how desperate the bulk of the people are. 

Bailo pointed out the valid point of the failure of political independence and it makes me wonder whether this mass exodus of African migrants is not a form of reverse colonisation; the coloniser being colonised by its former subjects. Is it a case of the chicken coming home to roost? And the situation is made worsening with the level of organised crime as Oku cited.

Happy weekend.

regards,
Omar







> From: oko drammeh [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 2006-10-06 14:32:06 CEST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: "SunuGaal"/ Behind this trade there are Europeans involved and well paid.
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> This is prophecy/ not an overstatement.
>    
>   If you need what Africa has, 
>   and you can't do without it
>   and don't want to pay for it. 
>    
>   You will create problems for thoes people only to make them weak and maintaining them in the clutches and machenary of exploitation and inhuman treatment. 
>    
>   It seems like Africans are still under the conspiration theory of the CURSE OF HAM (decendants of black race) by his father prophet Noah in the Abrahamic religions. 
>    
>   RELIGION RULE THE WORLD
>   That Denial of peace and prospertity to the Black Africans and the punishment sent to them said by most religions is an order of god. This has cause poverty, wars, deaths and an unsettled Africa. This is the root of all our problems. It is holy.
>    
>   Be wise Africa, 
>   you are the richest continent 
>   but yet with the poorest people.
>    
>   You have been duped !
>    
>   Oko
>    
>   
> bailo jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   Omar,
> 
> Thanks for sharing this moving clip of a song that is spot on for the reasons of the desperate quest of young able bodied Africans to reach the shores of the promised land. As reflected by the song, it is primarily because political independence from the yoke of colonialism have thus so far failed to fulfil the hopes and aspirations of Africans. In other terms, we, Africans have been failed by our political class, i.e both those in civvies and uniforms. They seem to only take care of themselves.
> 
> Very sad indeed!
> 
> Bailo
> 
> bailo jallow wrote:
> Testing, testing, just testing.
> 
> Bailo
> 
> OMAR DRAMMEH wrote:
> Fols,
> 
> Thought this might be of interest. It portrays the plight of the African migrant including Gambians in their journey to the "Promise Land".
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> 
> http://www.studiosankara.com/sunugaal.html
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> Regards,
> Omar
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