Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would like to add that for those of you questioning why the students rioted > and those making excuses for the stupid brutes who are directly responsible > for the killings, there is only so much that the human spirit can take before > unrest happens. We have seen it time and time again in history. These > students were smart enough to realize that Ebrima Barry's death was a > manifestation of a much larger problem that the country was facing, > incompetence, indifference and just a state of affairs that had spiraled out > of control due to the barbaric rule of a mad semi-illiterate despot. > > But I assure you that they did not die in vain. All the school kids that > died yesterday, including the three year old boy that also got shot down, are > martyrs who died fighting for basic human rights and decency in our country. > Let us never forget them. > > The time has come for a collective action. Let us take action quickly and > put all these plans that have been suggested into motion. > Yus, Hector Peterson was martyred to the cause of freedom in South Africa. There is monument with an engraving on it of a man carrying a dead child and is taken from a famous photograph found on posters honouring the ANC children's movement of the 1976 uprising. Hector was the first victim of that massacre of innocent school children in 1976 that was a turning point in the struggle against apartheid. May the blood shed by these young heroes of ours fertilise and nourish the consciences of the Gambian masses to rise up sooner or later, to topple the gang of terrorists that have taken hostage of our birthright. As the significance of the events of the past two days down on me, I am overwhelmed with guilt!- and shame!, having shirked our duties towards the people, and here are school children doing what we should have been doing long ago. We have all been jolted into a sudden political consciousness that is bound to arouse a conscience that shall not allows the murder of these gallant sons and daughters of Africa pass in vain. Let us all come out to make sure that April 10th, the day on which the student movement snatched the torch and flag from the dormant working class and progressive intellectual, to point to the only way forward: "Get Rid of Jammeh or Gambia Shall Perish!!!", is treated with respect and remembered accordingly as a rallying point for all patriotic Gambians against Jammeh and what he stands for as long as he refuses to let our people go. All those Gambians and friends of the Gambia who live in Norway who wish to organise a protest or deliver a petition to the Norwegian government requesting a stern condemnation of the brutal killing of school children may contact me at the following email address: [log in to unmask] Whatever the outcome of these killings may be, we must vow that if Jammeh does not go now, he does so during the next elections. Senegal has done it, we can do it! Let's forget our differences and do this together for the respect of ourselves and the sake of our people. Regards. Kabir. __________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------