Ebou Colly: Thanks once again for throwing more light on the Gambian coup of 1994. You pen, I can tell you, is powerful. No wonder they say "the pen is mightier than the sword". My Brother, your narrative is excellent, and I do hope that Gambians in the Gambia, are distributing your series of articles on the "Jammeh coup", through out the country, so that people are fully aware of what really happened. As Sister Astrid said the other day, I think you should really write a book on the Coup, just for the record. I am convinced that it would be a master piece if you were to write a book on the coup. And if you do decide to write a book, my only suggestion is that you might bring the Gambian Case into a more effective dialogue with some of the recent theoretical literature and debates on the military, democratisation, civil society and the State in Africa (more widely). It would be very interesting if you were to find time to try and set the Gambian experience under Jammeh in a theoretical context, whenever you decide to do a book. An examination of pertinent research data, as well as commenting on associated theoretical literature/debate on the African military and power, would certainly enable you to show how the Gambian scenario reflects and fits some of these hypothetical models. By the way, there is a wealth of very recent theoretical research and literature which will enable you to set what has been happening in The Gambia since 1994, into a theoretical background pertaining to West Africa in particular, and to the African Continent more generally. Meanwhile, while looking forward to reading part four of your series, I pray for your continued good health and long life so that the enormous task that lies ahead can be finished/accomplished. Regards, Brother Ebrima _________________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------