Bro Kabir, thanks very much for your translation of the article. I hope the skid to be aired will project the Gambia that Gambians live under and not another propagander for the APRC. Keep up the good work. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Gambia On Swedish TV - January 14. >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:23:25 +0100 > >Brother Joe, > >Here's a synopsis: > >Standby at the President's > >http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=10652&a=157657 > >Gambia TV, GRTS is just a few years old, short on equipment and personnel >but manages to air programs on schedule. > >Bunja Touray, an ambitious news reporter whose assignments consist mainly >of >covering visits to the State House and other official functions, is >assigned >one day to cover an opposition campaign tour during the presidential >election. > >Amid high tension, sometimes clashes erupted between the supporters of >different candidates as the opposition coalition that had been built was >being deemed strong enough to unseat the president, and how suddenly >Bunja's >journalistic work gathers momentum. > >* How GRTS came into being through Jammeh's initiative despite protest from >the IMF and economic advisers from the West. > >*Quoting Jammeh on reasons for insisting on establishing GRTS: 'One can >deny >what one hears, but one cannot deny what one sees'. (Makes me wonder!) > >* He envisioned GRTS to cover his agenda and report on every initiative he >took, and at the little station, the journalists are striving under the >existing premises. > >The rest is about the 'bloodless' coup by the former president's erstwhile >bodyguard who was determined to stamp out corruption and how he was elected >president after his interim govt. > >It ends with the rhetorical question of whether the TV can influence the >outcome of a re-election bid under dire economic straits and when progress >is lacklustre. > >(Joe, judging from the above, I don't think the program will pose those >critical questions that many concerned Gambians are asking daily, though I >may be jumping the gun here. May be brother Sidibeh can help put his >incisive mind behind a short review after the program?) > >NB!: The female, in the background, Jankeh Phatty, is a news reader at >GRTS. >The following link gives short biographies of Jankeh, Bunja and of course, >President Yahya A. J. J Jammeh and his 'pet projects': > http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=10652&a=157666 > >Regards, > >Kabir. > > > > >"Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]> > > > Kabir, is there an english translation to your forward? I am interested >to > > know the message being porttrayed with that picture of Yaya and a male >and > > female in the background. Thanks for your help. > > > > Chi Jaama > > > > Joe Sambou > > > > > > >From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]> > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Re: Gambia On Swedish TV - January 14. > > >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:03:30 +0100 > > > > > >Hi Sidibeh! > > > > > >I got some calls from people who'd seen your mail below and wondered > > >exactly > > >at what time it's due to be aired and whether on STV1 or STV2. I dug up > > >some > > >background info and thought to share: > > >http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=10652&a=157657 > > > > > >Thanks for the tip! > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Kabir > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Momodou S Sidibeh" <[log in to unmask]> > > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > > >Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:41 AM > > >Subject: Gambia On Swedish TV - January 14. > > > > > > > > >G-Lers, > > > > > >Unless Swedish TV drastically alters its programming, it has scheduled >to > > >show a film on Gambia (actually about Gambian Television) by Birgitta > > >Svensson on January 14th. It is a really interesting piece with great >cuts > > >from the 2001 campaign trail. 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