Sidibeh bro, Thanks very much for the effort, timing and unbiased reflection of a very candid personal experience/reflection. You've earned more of my respect once again. I'll however like to mention, in passing, the fact that many an observer could have done a similar presentation of what their experiences in Gambia have been but would not for the simple reason that, you had a minority of people who were determined to condition all and sundry into this "If you are not with me, you are against me". In my opinion, this is most unfortunate as it prevents a lot of people from contributing the little they know or think for fear of being rediculed. Please keep it coming and like, Jawara and Sidibeh advised earlier, please consider turning your narative into a book or something similar. I am sure if you consider it further and discuss it with former comrades, you would come up with more materials to help us, the younger ones, to connect some of the things happening before us. Have a good day and thanks very much, Gassa. > Bro Abdou, > > Thanks for those kind word. > When one has finished doing such liitle work, it appears one regrets > for those small things left out.....I just remembered a story Manthia > Diawara, (one of Africa's foremost luminaries) professor of comaprative > literature at NYU, told us when he was in Stockholm two years ago. > I'll narrate that another time. In the mean time, enjoy your week end. > > Momodou -- There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve (Mike Leavitt) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~