Cherno, You're, indeed, right. Aline Sittoye Diatta led a fierce resistance against Portuguese colonial domination. In fact, the main female campus at University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar has been renamed from Claudel to Aline Sittoye Diatta. African history is replete with such female warriors much to the ignorance of most of our educated folks. Some years ago, I was astounded to hear a female panelist at Gambia College (Brikama Campus) state that women started gaining power and status after the advent of Islam, to the applause of the students. I could not resist, but intervene at the end of her speech to set the record straight. Of course, that did not win me the support of some of the students who saw me as an intruder making anti-Islamic statements. Hamadi. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>