Mr Jaiteh, A wonderful piece, and could be misleading in trying to interpret it. Che. >From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: A look at Wahhabism.- a Mandingka Morale >Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:29:37 -0500 > >Brothers Habib and Musa, >Just reminds me of a common Mandinka morale. The "Kamramo Baa"(the >teacher) and his "Karanding" (student). It is said that each time the >student and the young wife had a problem the teacher will advice him to >do just like he does and teach her a lesson which the student understood >to mean beat her up. The students hardline approach to obeying the >Karamo Baa's advice soon led to near breakdown of his young marriage. >What he could not understand was that despite the Karamo Baa's >no-nonesense full-of-terror attitude during the day, it was all giggle >and soft-talking in his hut at night. >During one of his teach-her-a-lesson tantrums, the student's neighbor (a >Musu kebbaring for that matter- an old woman) asked why he behaves the >way he does with his young wife. Of course the explanation is that he >was following exactly what his Karamo Baa dictated, that is teach the >wife a lesson. The old woman asked him the student to come to her house >after the Karamo Baa has gone to bed and that she has the right Boro >(medicine) for the young wife's ailment. >The young Karanding could not wait for the Karamo Baa to bid him good >night. He raised to the old lady's hut for the medicine. The old lady >led the Karanding to a peephole in the Karamo Baa's hut and asked the >Karanding to see for himself how why it is all giggle and soft talk in >Karamo Baa's hut every night. > >The Karamo Baa all dressed up giving the wife a piggy back ride! > >I guess the billion dollar question is did the Karamo Baa deliberately >mislead the Karanding with his teach-her-a-lesson instruction or the >Karanding read too much into it? > >Have a great Friday. > >Malanding > >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 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