Dear Mr. Modou Sidibeh, on 29 March you wrote in reply to my own
posting:

"I am inclined towards sharing the view advanced by Oko Drammeh, namely,
we cannot hope to redress social problems if we desist from narrating
their causes, for fear of brewing fresh acrimony."

Thank you very much for the honour of promoting me to a social problem,
where previously I had been considered a mere radical individual.
Your in general highly regarded opinion will definitely add weight to
the concerted effort to recreate Gambian music history until a
satisfactory outcome has been reached, doing justice to the likes of Mr.
Oko Drammeh and fellow gurus of Gambian culture.

Well then, here's your dream team - Mr. Oko Drammeh & Mr. Tombong Saidy
- when it comes to narrating causes & redressing social problems,
besides of course internationally exploiting Gambian music and culture.
And who definitely have proved themselves utterly fearless when it comes
to brewing acrimony.

Under Mr. Saidy's GRTS reign, they already joined forces in securing the
historic archives of the GRTS, comprising invaluable unique live
material of all Gambia's greats, both modern bands and the maestro's of
the traditional music, to be digitized (transferred to cd masters) by
Lasting Value.
Lasting Value is a Texas/US based commercial multimedia company, of
which Mr. Oko Drammeh is an associate and which he uses to market his
CD/DVD products.

Recently Mr. Oko Drammeh paid a trip to China, meeting with
entertainment business executives, looking for strategic partners in the
field of CD/DVD production, marketing & merchandising, specifically in
the field of cultural music.  Mr. Drammeh/Lasting Value is soon going to
open an office in China.

China is the biggest producer in the world of cheap (pirate) cds (and
cd-roms), due to the fact that it never signed international copyright
laws which enables it to reproduce (steal) original music without paying
one penny royalties to the authors or even without the author's
authorization.
Just like China, The Gambia also hasn't signed international copyright
laws. This implies that original/authentic Gambian material, including
the historic GRTS archives, can be exploited without legal sanctions for
non-payment to the authors or the authors' refusal of using the
material. A producer can even assign the authorship to some-one else -
for instance himself - than the real author. As a matter of fact this
already happened.


The story continues !!!! promises mr. Oko Drammeh
Mr. Sidibeh, see what I mean about the 2nd story: People want to know,
says the Dream Team.

Wishing all of the Gambia-L continuing happy reading (mind the loose
marbles).

Badou Jobe

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