Thank you very much kotoo Momodou Sidibeh for such an informative response. I am very interested in reading things like that, for it is not only about how one feels about a specific music or musician, but also about the part they play in the society they function in. I hope people like myself who haven’t had a chance to read such a thing will have the opportunity to do so. Thank you for the information. Mr Jeng, Thank you also very much for making things a bit clearer for me, I understand your points and I am happy that we are in the same footing. The Gambian musicians need some encouragement and support and we should try to do something about it if we can. Mbalax might be the music played in the streets, on radios and in homes around the country, but it is not the only kind of music with that position. All other kinds of music are gaining popularity except for Gambian. To single out the Mbalax as we did is what I am worried about. We all need to help in this but first, the musicians would have to work harder, the business community has to pay some very serious attention to this problem. How ever we think about music and musicians in the Gambia, music is a commodity as any other commodity today and as a commodity it needs some financial backing. The good songwriters have to be involved, there is a market to be taken. Thank you and respect! Modou From: Malik Jeng <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: just Music not politic >Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 04:00:10 +0000 > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~