>From: Sheikh Tejan <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Obituary >Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:02:58 +0000 > >Sister Ndey , >Our condolence to the Joberteh family and students and staff of SIMMA >Vocational school .May her soul rest in perfect peace . > Chi jamma , >Bro Sheikh Tejan > >Ndey Jobarteh wrote: > > > > > > > Dear G-ler, > > > > I just don'e know where to start with this heart breaking news. Satang > > Jobarteh a feminist, human right activist has passed away yesterday. > > > > Satang has been a friend, sister, she has struggled all her life to > > make sure that there is justice back home. She has worked hard to make > > sure that youths back home are given the chance and opportunities. And > > this lead to her setting up the SIMMA Vocational Centre. Her dream was > > for SIMMA to have its own building, a multi purpose centre for the > > youths. This dream came througth last year when she moved SIMMA > > Vocational Training Centre to a new building at Bundung. > > > > This morning these youths were asking me the question what are we > > going to do now? We cannot take care of our selves at present, will > > there be another Satang? > > > > This news is really shocking to me, it is devastating. I did not only > > lose a friend, but a Sister and a politically committed Gambian. > > > > > > > > May her Soul Rest in Peace > > > > > > > > Ndey Jobarteh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. More info here. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search > > in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the > > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > [log in to unmask] 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 Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~