Astrid is having problems with posting messages on the list. Thanks, Dagmar Christensen >From: "astrid christensen-tasong" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Soffie asked:.....Why just Women? >Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 13:27:53 GMT > > > > >Prince, > >Thank you for having such confidence and appointing me as a member of The >Prince O'Brien Coker Gambia-L commission of inquiry. You can rest assure >that I'm up to the task and we will indeed come up with credible reports as >our Chairman, Mr Fye put it and not rubber stamp and straddle the fence! >We Need and Must Have Justice for all especially our students/children in >The Gambia! > >On that note, I'm urging all to participate in the march/demonstration this >Saturday, May 27, 2000 to denouce and express our outrage at the human >rights violations and murders in The Gambia, and to let the whole world >know of The Butcher of Kanilai and the misery he's imposed on our people >since he's been in power. The march will convene at 1:30 P.M at The >Gambian Embassy, 1155 15th Street, NW and conclude at the Malcolm X Park in >Adams Morgan, 16th & Euclid in Washington, DC. > >Let's all translate our Vision to Action!!! > >YAYA MUST GO!!! > >Astrid/ > >P.S. Is anyone else having the same problem I'm having? I've been trying >to send for three days but never received a confirmation! > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: Prince Obrien-Coker <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Soffie asked: ...Why Just Women? >Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:10:48 +0200 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [149.68.1.24] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBAF2DF500031D820F3EA954401180CDA4; Mon May 22 13:12:07 2000 >Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu (149.68.1.24) by maelstrom.stjohns.edu >(LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; >Mon, 22 May 2000 16:11:03 -0400 >Received: from MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU by MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU >(LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 789297 for >[log in to unmask]; Mon, 22 May 2000 16:10:51 -0400 >Received: from smtp1.a2000.nl (62.108.1.203) by maelstrom.stjohns.edu >(LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id ><[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 22 May 2000 16:10:12 >-0400 >Received: from node13c56.a2000.nl ([24.132.60.86] helo=judy) by >smtp1.a2000.nl with smtp (Exim 2.02 #4) id 12tyWM-00051a-00 for > [log in to unmask]; Mon, 22 May 2000 22:09:50 +0200 >From [log in to unmask] Mon May 22 13:16:01 2000 >Approved-By: [log in to unmask] >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> > >Gambia-L, >Those of you in the computer know-all world are quite aware of the saying >that >"If speed kills, Windows users will live forever. " I took a day off, the >whole >day on Wednesday, to attend to some important private matters (and >Gambia-L), >but when I put my system on, I was informed that a certain General has >interfered with some modules in my computer. I have never met General >Protection >Fault, in person, although I have heard a lot about him. I thought that the >GNA >has sent one of their top brasses to my computer, but after hauling my PC >inside >out, I discovered that General Protection Fault is the pseudonym of Bill >Gates. >I really wanted to sue him, but after reading my seven-page END-USER >LICENSE >AGREEMENT, the so-called EULA, I decided to leave Bill Gates "trankill" and >go >after the demon and his zombies: Yaya Jemus Jammeh and his dacoits. > >I was only "grounded" for about 58 hours but all the mails from Tuesday >evening >to date were safely delivered. The one that really caught my eye was that >of >Sister Soffie Ceesay replying to Tombong's piece about the composition of A >Commission Of Inquiry. Her two-question two-liner is something that might >be an >oversight to most of us, but it is really worth treating. Only Soffie knows >why >she asked the question ".why just men?". To most of us the reason or answer >is >apparent, for NO true, real Gambian woman would want to be in the cast of >Yaya's >pantomime. Most Gambian men reading this will, inwardly, agree with me that >the >most venerable people in the Gambia are the women. We do not say or show it >because of the universal masculine psychic deficiency, that we men, the >world >over, have always been suffering from. >The average Gambian man sees a Gambian woman as an extension of his mother. >The >degree of respect can never be diminished when it comes to a "Tanta", >"Yumpagne" >or "Barjen". We even give these appellations to women who are not related >to us. >Ya Amie, Ya Awa, and Na Khaddy are no more than neighbours to me, but I am >bound >by their virtuous integrity and the respect I have for my own mother to >call >them so. However, it must be stated that there are limitations to these >extensions. The woman in question must maintain an impeccable integrity for >her >to attain the esteem we have for our mother. When a woman fails in her duty >as a >mother and lacks the compassion and maternal properties associated with >motherhood, then that woman (generic) loses all esteem and veneration >accorded >to women. This is a fact that all Gambian men, including Yaya Jammeh, will >attest to. A true, real and virtuous Gambian Woman is always guaranteed of >our >admiration. > >The reason that there are no women in the Commission could be searched for >in >two suppositions either: > >(1) The She-devils must have convinced Yaya not to include any woman in it. >(2) Or some women were approached to be in the Commission, but they >declined. > >I am 100% sure that the second conjecture is the reason. The planned >activity of >the Jammeh machinery, to mobilise Gambian women to a "Million Moms March", >is a >clear indication that the true Gambian women have turned their >backs...(Jutoo, >in other words) on Jammeh and anybody associated with him. Thus leaving it >with >the women of the second category mentioned above. They know that the iron >is >getting >hotter and hotter under Jammeh's "seat", so some women without satisfactory >maternal virtues are attempting to entice other women with false >information to >rally around Jammeh. I think what these people are celebrating is what Saul >Khan >called "countdown to the last days of an era". It is just 40 days after the >massacre of children and women are planning a celebration. This shows what >type >of women we are dealing with here. > >The idea Soffie's piece gave me was to set-up our own Commission on >Gambia-L >with >more women than men. For the chairmanship of this Commission I had two >people in >mind, Madiba and Kebba Dampha, but I have fired them before they were >informed >of the post. This I have done in accordance with Jammeh's practice. > >The Gambia-L Commission of Inquiry is comprise of 8 people whose duty is to >report on the massacre of children for demonstrating on 10 and 11 April >2000. I >have therefore selected and "sworn in" the following: >Soffie Ceesay >Jabou Joh >Ndey Jobarteh >Astrid Christensen-Tasong >Mineratou Loum >Solomon Njai >Dagma Christensen >Alhaji Mustapha "Bawdor" Fye will chair the commission. He is selected to >chair >the Commission because he has 3 (Three) hearts. One good heart, one bad >heart >and the only person I know in this world with a No-nonsense heart. > >Cheers > >Prince Coker > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------