laye"mendy" please sent me your home phone# in private.my regards to anty neneh and the rest of the family. >From: Bamba Laye Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Ebou>>: THE NATIONAL ISSUE IN THE YEAR 2000 - an article by Koen > van de Meulen >Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:04:05 -0700 > >Mr.Ebou Jallow, > >I'm glad you've realised the connection with the on going problems in >Africa >and much more closer to home...Cassamance. I must confess that after >reading >the article, the Cassamance issue struck me. What is going on in Cassamance >is a peculiar form of nationalism. I will not go into categorizing the >Cassamance issue as Jola issue. It is more of a regional issue than you are >trying to portray. Eventhough I will agree with you that there is enough >evidence to support the insinuation that the Jola tribe constitutes the >majority of the dissidents. We all know very well that Cassamce and >Northern >Guinea-Bissau is not inhabitted by Jolas alone. > >Ebou, you should realize that you are touching on a very sensitive issue >here. In our social settings, tribal/ ethnic issues are very sensitive in >nature. We tend to brush off any possible conflicts, be it political, >social >or economic. Our setting has always been characterized by harmonious >interactions regardless of the number of constituent denominations. You >will >agree with me that the concept you are conveying in this whole Cassamance >issue is a new one to us and will be difficult for us to understand. >Unfortunately, as you have already noted, by the time we come to realize >and >accept what you seem to be so sure of, it may be too late. I hope you will >understand why no one is taking you setriously when you make these >insinuations: > >"I have been trying to warn Gambians about the same ethno-nationalist >tendencies of the MFDC, and that Yaya Jammeh will unleash that "Jola >syndrome" as a last resort to help carve out a Jola nation-state stretching >from Foni to peripheral northern Guinea-Bissau." > >I'm not quite sure how positive you are on this, but I will give you the >benefit of the doubt, since you've worked with the guy and seem to know >more >about him than most of us. Your task would have been much more easier if we >had more than one other person like yourself sounding the same alarm >through >the proper channels. If you're sincere and factual about your call, which I >cannot dismiss in it's entirety, I urge you to use the information you have >to help those involved in the Cassamnce peace process and desist from the >ethnic finger pointing. A much more effective approach to the issue is what >is needed here. > >Enjoy your day > >Abdoulie A. Jallow >Toll-free number: 1-888-392-4832(Excite2) >Personal extension for v/mail/fax: 291-368-1519 > > > > > >_______________________________________________________ >Say Bye to Slow Internet! >http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------