Yususpha, I cannot but convey my appreciation of how you've shown, on a number of occasions, your acceptance of divergent views expressed on the L. It is virtue which I hope will continue to show and norture. Looking forward to more of your posts. Bye 4 Now, Kebba >From: Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: My Perspective >>Re: MR. KNOW-ALL COMES TO TOWN(WHO DO YOU > SATIRE AGAINST?) >Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 23:10:47 EST > >Ous: > >With all due respect to you and everyone else, Kujabi made a simple >judgement mistake by looking too much into Omar Hatab's biting satire. To >be frank, Baba's pieces are, in my opinion, the result of an amazing >capacity to analyze some of our cultural ways plus a bitingly witty, >humorous and sometimes sarcastic perspective to scribe these observations. > >For example, his description of Afang Kanteh's (?) pre-wrestling ritual had >me in stitches because I laughed so hard. I laughed because it was an >amazing write-up about the tradition of what we call "Bakou" in Wollof. It >reminded me of the days of Alhagi Mansour Njie on Senegalese TV when >"Dubalese" and Co would come in to the stadium covered in the charms and >somtimes cottage cheese (Sow) while twisting and writhing to the sound of >the drum and serenades of the traditional historians. Of course, Alhagi >Mansour would be talking about these wrestlers with every sentence of his >ending in "Ndeysan". The same thing happened in other arenas all over the >country. But no one has ever put it in words and twisted tis social event >like Baba. The same undertones can also be found in the story of Yapat >driving his boss in a Pajero. This is why Baba's stories strike such a >strong nerve in us self-imposed "exiles". > >So, basically, Baba's stories are a powerful satirical view of Gambian >society which I believe is healthy and allows us to analyze ourselves and >our society better at times. There should be more of this going o bck home >but I understand the Sultan of Kanilai would flip if he saw is caricature >in the paper. > >Anyway, Kujabi, being the astute person he is, saw the story of Mr. Know >All for in this light, realized many of us could fit in this category and >thus spoke out. It was a simple harmless miscalculation on his part but it >is definitely human to err. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and >move on for we have all made mistakes. > >But like Sophie's story about the cracked pot earlier, accepting and >learning from our imperfections will make us stronger as a >society/communiy. Excessive condemntion is to be reserved for knowing >accomplices of the Sultan of Kanilai. > >Kujabi you made a simple mistake but this weakness is all too human. >Continue to contribute like you have. we have bigger fish to fry. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ 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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------