I am not sure if the fight between Soyinka and Mazrui can be neatly bottled into a christian vs. muslim paradigm as Ebrima seems to suggest. If one wishes to understand fully the debate, I would think that the works of these writers must be an integral part to one's analysis of the situation or as Mr. Ceesay puts it, one's "interpretative journalism"! Just wondering if Mr. Ceesay has read Soyinka's works? If so what is christian about Soyinka's works? Does Soyinka's works not utilize a traditional African religious (i.e. Yoruba) backdrop more so than a christian one? Latjor ______________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------