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