Joe Sambou: As usual I find your take on issues to be clear and critical. The article by Mr. Charles Sam forwarded by Mr. Gassama is as instructive as it is timely. It is a message that all Gambians and friends of the Gambia need to pay attention to. I do not know Mr. Charles Sam, and in the end, this is not important. What is important is the message not the messenger. I believe Charles has provided a good critique of contemporary Gambia and offers prescriptions for our beloved country for the twenty-first century. This is the important issue for me. I will post, later today, the last and concluding sections of the paper I was privileged to give last August at the Mid-West Gambian Conference in Chicago and at The Association of Third World Studies Conference in Savannah, Georgia last month. Abdoulaye <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>