>From: PATRICK GOMEZ <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Fwd: The Conspiracy against Paps Touray >Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:11:02 -0500 > >well, i for one would really like to know much more of this Paps Touray and Ifangbondi saga, Bro Drammeh. thanks for this wonderful initiative.going by your very true contention that we can't shape today's music (industry) without a real appraisal of yesterday's, i believe it is imperative that you continue with this info sharing. if this irritates certain G-lers, you will do good in finding some other means of publishing. whatever means you do settle on finally, please keep me informed. > >please i will appreciate it if other G-lers, especially those in the know, come forward with what they know and share. i'm sure there are many former band members and aficionados out there with something to clear. >i think too, that Bro Jobe and all those named in this 'conspiracy' should continue giving their side of the coin. this may entail following in whatever course Drammeh chooses to go. common brothers we are waiting.......!!!! > >well, many may wonder as to my interest and motives.......i am a gambian music lover with plans to make my mark in the national & international music arena soon.i dont see myself as a musician, unless you consider writing poetry and lyrics as music, but i see myself as a music promoter first. i intend to do my all to help in the revival & promotion of music in the homeland. actually, this response was triggered by Bro Drammeh's mention of the fact that today's music must take yesterday's into account for progress to be made. i have always believed in the relevance of history for development today. it's about time people woke up to this fact.a lot of the time we Africans tend to leave all of our past behind in the quest for 'development', to our own detriment. am sure many of us know or can imagine how it feels like to grow up knowing much about other peoples and lands without knowing much about yours. so is the case with many gambians who went through the educational system. > >let's continue this discussion, but good-naturedly please. it's not a mudslinging party, guys.all parties treat this as just an information sharing campaign.continue to give it out balanced for, remember history will judge you all......whether or not you continue this thread of discussion here or elsewhere. > >i rest my case but am looking forward to Bro Drammeh's response, or anyone else for that matter. >Peace. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Oko Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 16:29:16 +0100 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Fwd: The Conspiration of Paps Touray > > > I would like to make one or two points clear before I freeze from the > > story of the music of the gambia, past, present and future, which > > includes Ifangbondi and the legend Paps Touray. > > > > I will freeze this subject because of respectful means to some of you > > people out there who want me to bury the subject. > > > > One point clear here is that I quoted that Paps Touray was a friend of > > Leopold Sidar Senghore, this was a fact. This has nothing to do with me > > personally, I am not a writer, I am not a friend of Senghore, nor do I > > kow him personally. Ideologically, I am a Krumaist and a Toureist. It is > > strange to see this line as an answer or a response to the important and > > progressive points I submitted for debate on the net. > > > > For all of you who want me to write more about the story of the gambian > > music, past, present and future, I will find other means to publish > > these materials , either in book or Cd or whatever, but it is a story > > that's worth knowing, as a means of information and education. To say > > 'stop the information' or 'kill the information', it is unwise, except > > when they are untrue or undiciplined and unfounded. But to have a > > genuine music industry in the gambia but to have a music industry with a > > marketable economy, we have to follow the patterns of the past to shape > > the future. We cannot build the future without knowing the past. > > > > It is hypocritical to say that we are all brothers and sisters and that > > we must not talk amongst ourselves but keep our mouths shut and leave > > things the way they are and everything is fine. Africa has been going on > > too long in this trend. We need a new approach to our problems and > > frustrations, in a respectful and intelligent way, for the way forward. > > > > > > Oko Drammeh > > sotokoto music > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >-- >__________________________________________________________ >Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com >http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~