I join in saying THANK YOU to Mr. Conteh and others for a job well
done at Rust College.  With dedicated individuals like them we shall
overcome the monster of Kanilai soon.

YND
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From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:36:35 EST
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Rust College


Mr Conteh,

I join others in thanking you and Mr Jallow for following through on
this
effort with Rust college. I also appreciate the tuition waivers for
Gambians
at the college, and your reminder that it is essentila for us to
educate our
young people if we are to have a viable future.
Regarding the comment by Dr Stovall that he is aware that the regime
at home
os repressive, my asnwer to that is, if he was aware of this, then
what was
he doing inviting Tombong Saidy and Yankuba Touray to address this
gathering,
and what is he doing entangling himself with this regime? I think
Stovall
also needs to  tell us just how he acquired the African Village
Hotel. Was it
a reward for cosying up to the regime, or did he purchase it as a
business
venture independent of the regime?
We must remember that it is one thing to just pay lip service to
something,
and quite another to actively refuse to lend support ot a brutal
regime.
Stovall had to say all the right things so as to not get in toruble
with
using his position to acquire property from oppressive regimes, and
endagering the studensts he took to the Gambia by involving them in
visits to
the dictator.
Let us be appreciative of what the college is doing for our students,
but we
must also be careful not ot have Stovall and his likes pull the wool
over our
eyes. His statements about the regime and his dealings with them are
not
consistent at all.
Again, thanks to both of you for going to the college to represent
Gambia.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 1/18/01 9:57:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

<< Comrades:



Our mission to Rust College was successful.  The administration at
this great institution obliged to their promise in rescinding
invitations to
Tombong and Yankuba.
 >>

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