On 30 Nov 2001, at 14:51, Mam Jay Ceesay wrote: > There were a number of women who resisted the French in Senegal. Most > popular amongst them were Aline Sitoe Diatta from Casamance who protested > against the demand put on the farmers to produce large quantities of rice > during the Second World War. Yacine Bobou led the women of Cayor to war > against the French and Ndiembette Mboge the leader of a group of women from > Wallo who upon receiving news of the capture of their husbands.... Mam Jay, Thanks also for that information. regards, Momodou Camara <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>