Mr Momodou Drammeh, Thank you for your applead. I indeed will recommend your statement to the Gambia L to be considered as the Gambia L mission statement. The wisdom and the vision engulfed in your comment is very current and inclusive. I hope members will take it as a certificate to denouce tribalistic sediction. Thank you and keep on enhancing this specific area in our fight for better Gambia. Pa Che >From: Momodou Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: AN APPEAL TO ALL GAMBIA L SUBSCRIBERS >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 09:20:31 -0800 > >Dear members, > I am hereby writing to you to appeal to all of you if >we can stop personal attacks and tribal remarks. > I was really scared when I read about some comments >which were tribal in nature. > We all join The Gambia L as an intellectual forum >where economic, political, religious and other >important issues are discussed.The Gambia L is not is >gossip centre, it is and should be an educational >forum, let us not get carried away by sentiments and >be very careful as to what we do or say. >Whatever we say on the net or any other forum will be >in the records and sooner or later we will be judge by >what we say or do. >we have two options either to let history take a >disastrous path or shape the course of history towards >the right path. > In AD1700 it was normal for white people to be racist >even though they will not not do it publicly, today >there children are so ashamed and their ancestors part >in slavery. > The purpose of history is to learn the lessons of >the past and we let history repeat itself in vice then >we might be very sorry for ourself. We will then let >both ourself and our future children down. > The Gambia is country of tolerance and is not divided >by tribal demarcations and tribal values or allegiance >have no place in The Gambia. > None of belong to any tribe. We only speak these >languages as a means of communication and nothing els >e. > Now let us look at Sierra Leone, there are people >with the same surnames as Gambians and none of them >belong to to tribes found in The Gambia. So in >consequence there is no place for tribal remarks, it >never had, and has no place and will never have a >place in The Gambia. > We do not all have to support the same ideology, but >it should not be on the basis of tribes which do not >exist in the first place > Let me give examples, The Late Alh Momodou Musa Njie >is considered to be a Fula, The Late Pierre Njie is >considered a wollof and Alh Musa Njie A sarahule. All >these shared the same surname this means they may have >some connection. The reason all these people speak >different languages may be because of different >geographical settlements. > Now where do we go from here. Are tribal statements >necessary for a country of just one million people. I >hope not. > People like E F Small could have been anything they >wanted under the colonialist but he gave up all that >for a common voice of all Gambians, such a man will >not be resting in peace if He is aware that Gambians >even though this is very few are making tribal >comments. > It does not matter what we call our selves we are >all related in The Gambia. > What I would to see The government outlawing names >like Boy Pullo, Musa Sarahulay, etc. > There is a need in the curriculum of all Gambian >Schools to learn all local languages up to high school >level. Teachers should be encourage to let pupils know >that they are Gambians and belong to to no tribe. > Gambians, I once again appeal to all of you let us >trade in knowledge and stop trading in insults. > I am very optimistic that we can all learn from each >other and argue in an intellectual way without >resorting to inflammatory languages. > I know very well that the best way to earn the >respect and love of others is to demonstrate >intellectual maturity and complete honesty and not the >anger and fist that we show. > Most of the time we shoe our anger and frustration >the desired ambition always boomerangs > While I am optimistic that this request will be >highly regarded by all of you, I am very much sure >that this is honourable path to follow > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! 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