Ya-i-Mam Fatou >From: Ousman Gajigo <[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: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 13:30:26 -0800 > >What the F$#K! This is one of the few times a we get West African >musicians >on the West Coast. And a lot of us here have made plans. To hell >with him. > >Ousman > > >>From: Joe Sambou <[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: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour >>Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:03:38 +0000 >> >>Good for him. I hope other African musicians follow his example. >> >>Chi Jaama >> >>Joe Sambou >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >>><[log in to unmask]> >>>To: [log in to unmask] >>>Subject: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour >>>Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:18:47 EST >>> >>> > From: [log in to unmask] >>> > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:22:29 EST >>> > To: [log in to unmask] >>> > Subject: FOSG: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour >>> > >>> > Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour >>> > >>> > .c The Associated Press >>> > >>> > NEW YORK (AP) - Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour has canceled >>>his >>> > seven-week >>> > tour of North America to protest a threatened U.S.-led war on >>>Iraq. >>> > >>> > N'Dour, who had planned to embark on a 38-city tour on March >>>26, issued >>>a >>> > statement Friday saying a tour of the United States would be >>> > ``inappropriate.'' >>> > >>> > ``It is my strong conviction that the responsibility for >>>disarming Iraq >>> > should rest with the United Nations. As a matter of conscience >>>I >>>question >>> > the United States government's apparent intention to commence >>>war with >>> > Iraq,'' said the 43-year-old singer, who is also Muslim. >>> > >>> > ``I believe that coming to America at this time would be >>>perceived in >>>many >>> > parts of the world - rightly or wrongly - as a support of this >>>policy, >>>and >>> > that, as a consequence, it is inappropriate to perform in the >>>U.S. at >>>this >>> > juncture.'' >>> > >>> > The Grammy-nominated N'Dour is a superstar in Senegal, a >>>predominantly >>> > Muslim country. He is also a world music star in the United >>>States and >>> > Europe. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > 03/07/03 16:14 EST >>> > ---------------------- >>> > This posting is provided without permission of the copyright >>>owner for >>> > purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship, and research under >>>the >>>"Fair >>> > Use" provisions of U.S.Government copyright laws and it may not >>>be >>> > distributed further without permission of the copyright owner. >>>The >>>sender >>> > does not vouch for the accuracy of the content of the message, >>>which is >>>the >>> > sole responsibility of the copyright . >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>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 >>> >>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* >>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>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 >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~