On Wednesday the 26th January, the Swedish Prime Minister opened an International Conference on Holocaust in Stockholm the capital of Sweden. The Swedish Prime Minister has initiated the project of the conference called The Living history, which is to refresh our minds on the victims of the holocaust. About 600 foreign delegates attended the 'holocaust conference. Most of the European top-politicians that are attending the conference came from countries that have already started a painful settlement with the holocaust victims. The investigations, which led to public apology and economic compensation to the nazi victims, are a stage away from silent-conspiracy. In his opening speech, the Nobel's peace prise winner and writer, Elie Wiesel welcome The Swedish Prime Minister Mr. Goran Persson as the architect of the conference, and hopes that Sweden will be an example to other nations and their leaders. To summarise, I hope that the holocaust conference will also open our minds as Africans, wherever we are, to try and rally together with the aim of having a similar conference on Victims of African Slavery and Colonialism. The OAU should now have an agenda on this topic with participants from countries that have benefited, and victims of African slavery and colonialism. With Love Sahir Dramme ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------