Karim, thank you for that information.I will get back to you. For Freedom Saiks >From: abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Buy Baaba Sillah's Novel >Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:35:41 -0800 > >Saiks toy know I am addict to buying books I have just order my copy. How >do you find globalisation and its disorder I sent to you. I hope you enjoy >reading. Please check on the latest of John Pilger;- Tell me no lies- >Investigative Journalism and its triumphs. It is also a good reading. > >samateh saikou <[log in to unmask]> wrote:T, >Thank you for this short review,I read the book and it is very >interesting.I >hope people will buy it,Baba is a great writer. > >For Freedom >Saiks > > >From: Tony Cisse > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > > > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Buy Baaba Sillah's Novel > >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:04:19 -0500 > > > >Jaajef to all on Gambia L. > > > >Baaba Sillah's novel 'When the Monkey Talks'has now been reprinted and is > >available for purchase. > > > >This is a novel of social, political and economic history seen through >the > >eyes of a young boy, Samba, growing up in colonial West Africa. His story > >is the story of the impact of economic changes that have taken place in > >Africa ever since she had contact with Merchants and seafarers; Slavers, > >Explorers, Colonialists and others of a mixed hew. More specifically, the > >book examines the effect of the imposition of a monoculture on the lives, > >culture and traditions of the peoples living under indirect rule. It is a > >novel that spans the seventy-year period of colonial rule, between 1880 >and > >1950. It is the story of a son and his mother, a boy and his friends, a > >young man falling in love and a young adult becoming politically aware of > >the dynamics of colonialism and his own society. It touches on issues of > >love, life, custom and continuity-the narrative is long and follows the > >fortunes of ordinary everyday people and it embraces all aspects of life >in > >Africa under Colonial rule and its effects up to the present! > > > >In the words of Joakin, the palm wine tapper, the book attempts to >restore > >the dignity and splendour of the past. This gives us pride in who we are, > >based on who we have been. In this way the book contributes to the > >formation of who we may become. It is never too late to become. The > >prerequisite is the acquisition of the knowledge of and pride in history > >and tradition and to uphold a sense of equity and fair play and the > >readiness to take responsibility for our actions. > > > >Inspite of the novel being based on life in West Africa, the issues that > >are raise are Pan African and even common to developing countries which > >have been under the influence of colonial powers at some time in their > >history. Perhaps one even daresay, that any people desiring to focus on, > >maintain and carry on their traditions in the face of the rapid pace of > >modernisation- and yet can at the same time challenge these very >traditions > >if they stand in the way of progress and human advance. > > > >The book presents several challenges to the reader, salient among which, > >are in something so basic as in the spelling of African names. Up until > >now they have been spelt based on Anglo-Saxon phonology whereas a >spelling > >standard has been chosen based on local orthography which is closer to >how > >Africans speak and hear themselves. > > > >How to buy: > > > >go to: > > > >http://groups.msn.com/GambianNovelWhentheMonkeyTalks > > > >or e-mail admin_doineex"hotmail.com > > > >Prices = 10 pounds sterling plus postage and packing UK 2.50, EU 3.00, >rest > >of world 5.50 (all prices in UK pounds) > > > >Please support further by downloading the details and asking your > >local/college/university library to buy a copy > > > >jamm ak xewel > > > >T.Cisse > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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 > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself with cool new emoticons >http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo > >いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >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] >いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? 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