Mr. Sanneh, Perhaps you can help elucidate your concepts to me- Please help me understand the following: - "the global dynamics of democractic civilization of nation states" Besides who gives a damn about what Noam Chomsky, Dave Manneh et al or Zippi Zapa says about democracy or the Gambia in particular? What in the world can they tell me? I am waiting..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~