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From:  "Ebrima G. Sankareh Sankareh" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:  The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject:  Is Lamin Tunkara the Same as Ebrima G. Sankareh?
Date:  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:29:23 -0800
>Dear Gambians:
>                           It has been brought to my attention that Mr.
>Kabirr Njie et, al. are linking me to Mr. Lamin Tunkara, precisely
>because my last name is Sankareh(also spelled Sankara in Francophone
>countries) .While Mr. Lamin Conteh has treid to explain that we are two
>different persons, the accusation remains unabated.Therefore, in accord
>with
>civilized behaviour, I requested to be registered on the L to help
>bring sanity to the orchestrations.
>           My Njie, you and your colleagues are invited to Raleigh, NC
>to come visit me.I am resposible for your round-trip visit to Raleigh,
>if upon arrival, I am not able to show you Lamin Tunkara.
>           During my student days at N. C. State University, I enlisted
>on the L. However, It came to a stage that the postings were so
>personal that I told Dr. Saine to deregister me.Since then, I have not
>personally posted any piece. Although, I have seen most of my work
>forwarded
>by Joe and I have no qualms with that.
>             Over the years I have read Gambians writing profane
>literature about other people's parents. I cannot personally be a party
>to
>that, and I am urging whoever is behind this malicious link between me
>and
>Tunkara to please deal with Tunkara and leave me alone.
>              If under Yahya Jammeh's kakistocratic AFPRC I did not use
>a pen name, why on earth would I use a pen name in the US with its
>latitude of freedom? Mr. Njie, for your information, I was a Civil
>Servant-
>a teacher of English at Saints while at the same time wrting for the
>acerbic Point Newspaper and simultaneously reporting for both the BBC &
>Radio Deutche Welle. Never have I ever used a pen name nor will I ever
>use one. I used to tell my colleagues at The Point albeit with a great
>sense of humour, that there may be many Ebrima Sankarehs, but I am the
>ONLY Ebrima G. Sankareh. Note the G!! Besides, if any one has a sense
>of
>history, Sankareh is so sweet a name to be mortgaged for another. It
>will constitute a betrayal of family history that dates back to the
>early
>empires of the Western Sudan.Sankareh is not a borrowed name, it has a
>place in the gallery of African history.Now henceforth, if you ever
>come across a piece written by Ebrima Sankareh it is not mine, because
>all
>  my work has that distinct trade mark G!!
>              I hope this will be the last nail of the
>Sankareh/Tunkara/Sankara story.
>              Your fellow Gambian,
>               Ebrima G. Sankareh.
>               Raleigh, NC.
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