>From: Momodou S Sidibeh <> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list              <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fwd: Angry Laughter >Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:17:14 +0100 > >Congratulations Baba. >Unfortunately there is no mention of who published Angry Laughter in the >story. Kindly help with that information. Given what is taking place in >Gambia, your book seems more than timely. > >Sidibeh > >Culled from Allafrica.com >Baba Galleh Jallow Authors New Book > >The Independent (Banjul) >NEWS >December 17, 2004 >Posted to the web December 20, 2004 > >By Sana Camara >Banjul >The founder editor and CEO of The Independent Baba Galleh Jallow, has >released Angry Laughter, a book on African politics written in the witty >Orwellian genre of Animal Farm. >Angry Laughter is clearly the most biting political parody to come out >of Africa, according to one reviewer of the book, the second after Dying >for my Daughter, which was published last year. >Angry Laughter is a witty and wisecracking tale of dark political >intrigues and betrayal between Africans and their leaders. Baba Galleh >Jallow, a former editor of The Independent tells the story of the last >ten days of an inept and corrupt civilian regime and its removal and >replacement by a group of semi-illiterate military ?saviors,? who turned >out to be far more corrupt and brutal than their civilian predecessors. >While exceedingly funny and somewhat light-hearted, Angry Laughter is an >otherwise poignant and tragic story, seeking to awaken Africans to the >politics of crazy despots, the sorry plight of Africa's oppressed >masses, the mortifying dangers of civil war and the continent's >"nauseating" politics of banditry and brutality. >In an aside with The Independent, Mr. Jallow said there is an urgent >need for aspiring writers and journalists to record the events of >history for current and future generations. "It is clear that people >particularly those in positions of power and authority, like to take >their fellow but less privileged human beings for granted. They abuse >their power and hold whole populations to ransom, against their will, in >contravention of norms and dictates of the social contract. They create >the conditions for conflict and refuse to share the responsibility of >moving the machinery of state forward, even though they have absolutely >no idea how to do this themselves" he posited. >He added: "Writers should be there to record their ugly deeds so that >history can judge them. It is high time that African despots are exposed >for what they really are and this is what Angry Laughter seeks to do." >Baba Galleh Jallow holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and >Political Science from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. >He has published hundreds of short stories in newspapers in The Gambia. >He was Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Observer and founder editor of The >Independent newspaper. >From November 2000 to June 2003, he worked as editor of the >Washington-based online media group, AllAfrica.com. From then, on to >March 2004, he was Associate Coordinator for the Africa Program, Peace >Building Unit of the Quakes Humanitarian Organisation, the American >Friends Service Committee at its headquarters in Philadelphia, >Pennsylvania. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Liberal >Studies at Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. >Angry Laugher is his second book. His first, Dying for My Daughter deals >with the thorny issue of female circumcision in an African society, >where gender stereotypes are still rooted in tradition. > >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