Halifa & Jabou: You've both raised some important points I want to comment on. I'm running a backlog of projects right now. I promise to write at the resurgence of daylight. Regards! Essa --- foroyaa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Essa, > > I had to interrupt my reply to the other mails to > drop a line in response to > your observation. > > I must tell you that I am very much inspired by the > people. I cannot predict > what they would do at the ballot box when confronted > with intimidation or > inducement. What is, however, very clear is that > they are very receptive to > ideas and are very responsive in expressing their > opinions. > > After delivering speeches lasting for an hour, > questions and answers session > often last for an hour and a half. You can just > imagine how enlightened the > farmers are becoming. They are forming committees > everywhere. They are > receiving cassettes and news items. I only hope that > I will live to see it, > but there is no doubt that the Gambian farmers are > gaining increasing > clarity of the situation in their country and the > nature of their leaders. > > We certainly will not argue with anyone about > tactics. We are convinced that > real change must come from below and that change > must be a conscious one. > The people must see the need for change; they must > know what the change > entails; they must want the end result of the change > and they must support > the means to bring it about before there can be real > change. This is why we > devoted our whole programme to sensitisation rather > than giving priority to > campaigning for votes. We want the votes to be > preceded by awareness. May be > we are just pioneers. May be we are just to give the > limited knowledge we > have for others to learn more and give more. > Nonetheless, we do notice > progress and we are received well by the people. We > really feel comfortable > being with them. Irrespective of their language > grouping they do open their > hearts to us and they do speak their minds. This is > the most we can ask for. > As for votes, it is their right to assert who should > lead them. We just > don't know when and whether they will cast them for > us. We are, however, not > deterred from giving what we can without expecting > votes as rewards. Our > reward is that they do encourage us to continue to > come to exchange views > with them and we do feel that they mean what they > say by the reception we > receive. > > I thank you for your concern. > > Greetings. > > Halifa. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tester testers <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:30 > Subject: Re: HALIFA > > > >I read your comments and would like to commend you > for > >reaching out to the hinterland. I can imagine how > >tough it has been for you especially traveling to > the > >remote corners of the country. I hope it has been > >fruitful and worth the trek. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------