Prince, I don't find anything shocking, or even surprising here. Some of the things the writer said are true -even if a little exaggerated. The rest is a classical European approach to anything they don't understand: mystify, demonize, and dismiss as barbaric or savage. The sad reality is that this writer has now qualified as an "expert" on Africa just by writing this very misinformed piece. Also, reading between the lines, you can see the picture of a school drop-out Bumster feeding this writer gabbage. We just have a long way to go. Saul. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------