Mr Kujabi I am really surprised at your shocking revelations. I find it hard to believe that Hamjatta Kanteh could have privately sent you such a note as you now make public. God knows that both you and Hamjatta, if indeed he sent you that note - which I'm sure he must have meant to be confidential - are absolutely wrong in presuming that I am attacking him, Ebrima, Cherno Baba or anyone else on the L. Yes, it is true that I could be very petty, but I'm not sure I have demonstrated any of my legendary pettiness in my correspondence with you so far and I'm sure Hamjatta cannot prove that I have ever been petty to him either. In any case, as my stories are causing such a great deal of discomfort to such hard working members of the L as Hamjatta, I hereby declare my intention to stop posting them on the L. I am thankful to Mr Edward Small for bringing up those pertinent questions and thus eleiciting such revealing answers. On a final note, I wish to say that I bear no grudges to anyone. No hard feelings at all. God bless you all. Baba >From: Ansumana Kujabi <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN >Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 06:55:59 -0000 > >EWARD SMALL: > >Thanks for your concern and the valuable questions you have raised. I like >that; this is what a DEMOCRATIC, FAIRER, RESPONSIBLE Forum with SENSE OF >URGENCY suppose to be like. That is to say, contributors of the Forum MUST >all learn to AGREE to DISAGREE without tempers flying and decency >maintained >at all levels of discussion. And that is what intellectual discussion is >all >about. To put this more plainly, WE all MUST be MATURE individuals who love >and respect each other when it comes to debates, and more significantly, we >must be able to STRIKE A MEDIUM between our EMOTIONS and MINDS in all our >endeavors. To that end, I have the tremendous pleasure to provide the >following ANSWERS to your great questions: Listed below is a quotation from >BROTHER HAMJATTA KANTEH'S response to my earlier criticism of BABA GALLEH'S >last week Satire. And as you will soon find out, this answers all of your >questions 1-4; then you could analyze for your self whether PERSONALLY >ATTACKING brother HK is the RIGHT and DECENT thing to do without, >DISCOMFORTING brother HK, and more essentially, IMPINGING on our efforts in >redoubling efforts to deplete the LETHALNESS of the JAMMEH MAL >ADMINISTRATION. Here is the quotation:(pls see below quotation for answer >to >your question # 5.) > >"Ansumana, >Thanks for this. Baba has a personal problem with certain individuals since >last year when Cherno Baba, Ebrima Ceesay and i [on a different theme] >attacked the Independent's editorials. Baba, i gather can be very petty. I >hope he comes out very open with his grievances. That is the way matured >peoples act. I delete all these stories he keep sending in because of not >only the mediocrity in their central themes, but they are such a monotonous >repetition of vulgar imagination that tis better one avoids them totally. >If >you ask me, these stories represent a manifest and marked decline in Baba's >literary prowess. I mean are you not bored with the hoary "Jantagi" "Afang >Kangtei" - perhaps that was me with the intended puns. I agree with you >cafe >intellectualism is a malaise in our society and it least needed now. >Ansumana, my dear brother, thanks for your intervention and please do >ignore >him or anyone else who wishes to engage you in petty cat fights and >personality. We must never let our detractors divert our attention from the >real prize - emptying Jammeh into the dustbin of history." > >Hamjatta - Kanteh >[log in to unmask] >[log in to unmask] >URL: http://hometown.aol.co.uk/hamzakanteh/myhomepage/newsletter.html > >As for the answer to your question # 5, I had read GULLIVER'S TRAVEL when I >was a sophomore at College. The Gulliver's travel Satire was mostly against >a particular generation which was written to compare and contrast >generations and cultures. But unlike the BABA GALLEH SATIRE, it is a >totally >distinct Satire which is solely based on SETTLING PERSONAL SCORES, rather >than pinpointing the HORRIBLE GENERATIONAL and CULTURAL CHANGE currently >prevailing back home. This is why I have labelled him a "CAFE" and >DISHONEST >INTELLECTUAL. I want to clearly state this: Under no circumstances should I >personally attack Baba, Galleh without bases. what do I gain from that? But >again, I will say this: I AM ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO THE PREVALENCE OF >HONESTY, TRUTH TELLING, INTEGRITY AND RESPONSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE L >FORUM; AND I WILL NOT IN ANY WAY COMPROMISE THAT STAND. Thank you and GOD >bless you EWARD SMALL. > >Ansumana Kujabi( For truth telling, integrity, honesty and responsible >writing) > > > > > >>From: Edward Small <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN >>Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:06:55 -0000 >> >>Mr Kujabi >>I'm beginning to wonder whether you are really your professed democratic >>self. Clearly, you are hell bent on discouraging Mr Baba Galleh from >>posting >>his very interesting pieces on the L. Before going further, let me ask you >>a >>few questions: >>1. Did any member of the L ever tell you that they feel uncomfortable >>about >>Mr Jallow's writings, as you insist they do? >>2. If not, why and how did you come to that conclusion? Do you yourself >>feel >>uncomfortable about the satires? >>3. Why do you insist that these satires are a waste of time and energy? >>Can't you see that they are so deadly serious? >>4. Did you not follow Yusupha Jow's analysis of some of how some of the >>scenes in these satires actually reflect what's going on back home? >>5. Do you know that some of the greatest literary works of all time are >>satires? A good example is George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' and '1984'. So is >>'Gulliver's Travels'. I'm assuming you know these great works. >> >>Satire is a literary genre that is hardly utilised in Africa. If we are >>blessed to have one of our own budding writers developing his talents in >>this rare field, why not give him a chance? >> >>I would have thought that after Mr Jallow's polite answer to your first >>criticism, and after the explanations by Bamba Laye, Saul Khan, Prince and >>Ousman Bojang, you would desist for your personal attacks on Mr Jallow. >>What >>you are doing, to my mind, is tantamount to the very kind of undemocratic >>censorship you claim to be fighting in The Gambia. >> >>Please Mr Kujabi, live and let live. Give Baba Galleh a break!!! >>Pa Small >> >>>From: Ansumana Kujabi <[log in to unmask]> >>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >>><[log in to unmask]> >>>To: [log in to unmask] >>>Subject: Re: MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN >>>Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 01:42:13 -0000 >>> >>>MR. BABA GALLEH JALLOW: >>> >>>You had described my earlier criticism of your SATIRE as brilliant and >>>acceptable by you, and more importantly, your had not expressed any >>>frustration about it. I have been very impressed by that, for you have >>>exercised self restraint, which is the key to a forum discussion. But you >>>did NOT deny the fact that you are guilty of a CRIME of INTELLECTUAL >>>DISHONESTY. That is to say, you have been absolutely wasting your >>>valuable >>>time, energy and intellect in a sheer quest of providing a persistent >>>source >>>of ENTERTAINMENT(as you called) for all constant L forum contributors in >>>the >>>form of a SATIRE. But what you deliberately fail to realize, is that >>>whiles >>>you tirelessly proceed on quest to fetch a persistent source of >>>entertainment for some members of the L forum, you are simultaneously >>>also >>>providing a source of DISCOMFORT for other contributors on the forum; >>>this >>>is what I was criticizing you for. And to put it bluntly, the provision >>>of >>>DISCOMFORT and ENTERTAINMENT, respectively on the forum, is a vivid >>>illustration of your UNFAIRNESS and UNDEMOCRATIC nature of SATIRIZING, >>>period. >>> >>>Please, do not view my constant criticism of your writings as a PERSONAL >>>ATTACK on you, or as a plot to tarnish all the very FINE JOB you have >>>been >>>doing constantly, but rather as a sheer CHALLENGE to you to effectively >>>utilize your valuable and focused mind in a more efficient and effective >>>manner in an attempt to redouble our efforts in our quest for the >>>restoration of democracy back home. In addition, I have discovered TWO >>>BABA >>>GALLEH JALLOWS in you, which NEED to separate from each other if, we the >>>OPPOSITION, would be able to recoup your profound potentials. And what >>>are >>>these two Baba Gallehs: (1) A Baba Galleh Jallow whose brilliance is >>>undoubted, and has consolidated the ABC of Journalism, and furthermore, a >>>Baba Galleh Jallow whose work is very neat and always pay attention to >>>meticulous details in his presentations. (2) But despite, all the >>>excellent >>>qualities mentioned above, there is a second Baba Galleh Jallow who is >>>also >>>human and often err; and some times tends to drift into "Cafe >>>Intellectualism" and Intellectual dishonesty, ie by engaging fruitlessly >>>in >>>mere SATIRIZING upon SATIRIZING, which is intended against innocent >>>co-workers of the struggle. >>> >>>Not to dwell too much into your negatives, since no man is fallible, my >>>CENTRAL THEME here is to re-focus your wonderful talents and efforts away >>>from fruitless Satirizing of your own very good friends(as you have >>>already >>>said so), and instead focus on Satirizing about the lethal situation >>>currently prevailing in The Gambia. My brother, this is my chief >>>criticism >>>of your Satires. On that note, Baba Galleh, If this is getting too much, >>>then I SINCERELY EXTEND TO YOU MY SINCERE APOLOGY. But in any case, I do >>>stand by my comments. >>> >>>Ansumana kujabi. >>>Concerned Citizen >>> >>> >>>>From: Omar Hatab <[log in to unmask]> >>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >>>><[log in to unmask]> >>>>To: [log in to unmask] >>>>Subject: MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN >>>>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:48:38 -0000 >>>> >>>>MR. KNOW-ALL LAYS A PLAN >>>>By Baba Galleh Jallow >>>> >>>> >>>>The more famous Mr. Know-All grew, the more ambitious and outspoken he >>>>grew, >>>>and the more hungry for more control over our common townsfolk, >>>>particularly >>>>the staff of Jahasay Enterprises he became. The desire to know what was >>>>going on in every nook and cranny of our little town, in every shop and >>>>store of our business world, and in every unit and department of Jahasay >>>>Enterprises became a maddening obsession with Rhinehart Soberlook and >>>>sent >>>>him hastening frantically to and fro, to and fro, seeking ways and means >>>>of >>>>knowing it all. >>>>On many a night, Rhinehart Soberlook would stay awake, his head >>>>massively >>>>wired with networks of thoughts of just how to make sure that he knew >>>>everything that went on in our little town, in line with his Mr. >>>>Know-All >>>>title. He imagined how he would surprise his enemies and opponents by >>>>suddenly revealing some of their greatest secrets. How they would then >>>>fear >>>>and tremble and look at him with horror-filled eyes! How he would smile >>>>and >>>>nod and ask them how now then! >>>>On one such sleepless night, as he stared into the empty darkness of his >>>>room, a very brilliant idea struck Mr. Know-All’s mind: Set up a special >>>>information unit at Jahasay Enterprises! Recruit and train staff in the >>>>art >>>>and science of general information collection, make them directly >>>>answerable >>>>to himself and just unleash them into our little town and within Jahasay >>>>Enterprises itself. He would call it the Operation See All Unit and make >>>>it >>>>known that its job was to engage in market research and analysis so as >>>>to >>>>enhance the business of Jahasay Enterprises. >>>>In reality, Rhinehart Soberlook planned to have all the staff of this >>>>special new unit swear their strongest oaths of secrecy and allegiance >>>>to >>>>him. He would offer them a juicy combination of the fabled carrot and >>>>the >>>>stick. Those who did well would be rewarded by rapid promotions and >>>>nearness >>>>to the great Mr. Know-All himself, which meant, among other special >>>>privileges, a bigger and growing pay cheque and a greater opportunity to >>>>listen to the classy lectures of the learned giant of our little town. >>>>Alternately, those who failed to deliver would get the immediate sack. >>>>They >>>>would be dealt such a metaphorical blow as they would never recover >>>>from! >>>>Such was Rhinehart Soberlook’s advanced plan! Such was his magnificent >>>>vision on that fateful night! Such was the great depth of his wisdom and >>>>the >>>>amazing ingenuity of his clever innovation! No wonder our common >>>>townsfolk >>>>always burst into tears when they thought just how clever our gentle Mr. >>>>Know-All was! Hurray, hurray, they would wail. All hail the great Mr. >>>>Know-All! >>>>The very next day, Rhinehart Soberlook placed vacancy notices in all the >>>>media outlets in our little town. Twenty positions available at the >>>>reputable Jahasay Enterprises. All applicants must sit to an IQ test. No >>>>current Jahasay employees were eligible to apply. By the three-day >>>>deadline, >>>>100 applications had come in. The following week, Mr. Know-All himself >>>>conducted the test. Of the hundred applicants, 10 got above 50, 40 got >>>>above >>>>30, 30 got above 20, and 20 got below 20. Mr. Know-All, in line with his >>>>special plans for this new unit, drafted the last 20 and told the >>>>remaining >>>>80 that they had not passed his test. What he needed was loyalty, not >>>>intelligence. 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