Omar, you touched on something. I am glad to be African. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: omar joof <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: A POEM: PAGAN >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 05:57:29 +0000 > > PAGAN > >Pagan they call me >Liked them borned by a mother >Given the name of a father >A milieu and mold to be fathomed >The synthesis of the norm and named > >Pagan they all call me >For failing to absord their memoires >The rhythms of their ancient rites >In the pathos of our morning riots >The conflict of our divergence > >Pagan they call you >For downing their idols yonder >The impact of your edgeless dagger >Invading and dismantling darkness >Their liberation from inhibitive statutes > >And pagan they call them too >Their scheming to rise tomorrow >In their bid to regain honour >By refusing to sell homage >An attempt to empower themselves > >But pagan we be >In eyes with blinkers in their being >From minds languishing in stupor >Their bodies and relations in chains >Those makes of their circumstance > >BY: Omar Joof. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up — fast & reliable Internet access with >prime >features! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE online virus check for your PC here, from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~