Malang, it wouldn't take long to know where you belong so really your assertion are just another coward hanging onto a simple reaction to a well written poem. Baba knows like all writers, people have the liberty to see a poem the way they see fit. If you are looking for a battle to fight with Suntou come to the issue that boil your collar.
As for Rene, your analysis as usual depict your personal views, just like mine is that of my personal view. The lesson which Baba is trying to pass is much more than a village setting and the character Baba expose tend to have roots from a village, therefore, i felt the personification of a villager simply as an idiot is lacking deeper explanation.
Idiot can mean many things depending on varied contexts. But i guess some among us are use to hero worshipping, independent mindedness is a strange phinominum. Sad state of affairs. Baba knows i respect and enjoy his materials, but that doesn't mean I will not when the occasion calls for it see his thoughts different. Malang, I am never afraid to stake my opinion where i find it necessary, so your ill-conceive simplistic mind bothers me not.
 
Is the usage of idiot reasonable in a short poem like the one above?  Is there more to the word than the writer depicts? Is everyone doing nothing about the tears describe an idiot?  I believe many of us tend to take words for granted, and in this case did Baba took idiot for granted? 
Finally Malang, if Suntou's UDP engagement water your eyes, please continue wallowing. I express my opinion in public on Gambian issues. Also, no where did I insinuate that, the poem is referring to me, Baba to me is beyond that. As i said, take on things that boil your collar, this is not one of them. Thanks Baba for the mature and insightful response.
Suntou

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Malang Sillah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Mr Jallow,
Don't allow yourself to be drag into Suntou's petty squabbles. This guy is suffering from low self esteem and inferiority complex. Baba wrote a very interesting poem which is open to different interpretations, why would you jump from your slumber and assume that the said poem is referring to Suntu the Saint, untouchable, the self proclaim spokesperson of UDP in the UK?  You are naturally a very paranoid person. You need to go and see psychiatric, perhaps, you might not know it but  you start showing some signs of mental instability. You better heed to my advice before is gonna be late.
 
Thanks
Malang.
 

 

From: Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>

To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sun, 10 January, 2010 22:50:10

Subject: Re: So The Village idoits call for some respect (In Maafanta)

Indeed, indeed Suntou. You display a very keen sense of perception in your insightful and deep analysis of my poem. You definitively bring a fresh new perspective to it and propose a discursive angle that is hard to beat. Quite amazing, really. That's the spirit brother. Thanks and keep those sharp intellectual juices flowing.
 
Baba
 
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:58:40 +0000
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: So The Village idoits call for some respect (In Maafanta)
To: [log in to unmask]

The poetic license you use Baba allow me to see the village setting in the poem as allusive. The village idiot paints a disrespectful picture. It further cement the unfortunate attitude some has of villagers. It is good that you expose to us your village roots, which is fine but sadly your poem is too harsh on the villager in question.
The dissatisfaction in the poem is that, one would  expect a season writer or commentators like yourself to be open minded and less sarcastic of your perceive targets. But in this case you were not.
The villager who may have incur your wrapt is place in and among the union of villagers and bashed for crimes only you felt the pain about.
I am only expressing my take on the poem. I am sure you willl allow for diverse analysis of it, since that is the essence of dropping it in the public.
Another vital area villagers will find discouraging is that, a man of your statue is fit to become a broad base leader, but if your ink depict a villager that tragic way, what hope should they have of Baba salvaging anything for them.
The poem is bigger than the few line Baba. Villagers continue to say, the setting was unhelpful. The villager in question may be guilty according to you, since we can only assume here, only you are sure. Is Yahya Jammeh indeed a villager? Are we villagers any more, yourself and all of us absconded villagers. The story continuous.
No offense intended.
Suntou

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Suntou,
 
I am surprised at your interpretation of my poem as an assault on villagers. I wonder where on earth you got the idea that I am calling all villagers idiots. Let me just say loud and clear that I am a villager, my father is a villager, and my mother is a villager. So are all my grandparents and great grandparents. Indeed, I come from an ancestry of villagers. That said, I will let you put the pieces together.
 
Baba
 
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 18:40:55 +0000
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: So The Village idoits call for some respect (In Maafanta)
The latest Poem of Brother Gallah at Maafanta can be slice in many different bits. Moreso using poetic license to allow for different interpretation. Our famous villager is Yahya Jammeh. But this poem is not at all an affair for Yahya. We the villagers demand that, town folks allow us the respect we deserve. An end to little assault on villagers. Village idoit, indeed, they may have read the masters avoid the obvious. treating light weights issues with magic pens. Indirecting continuously whilst aiming higher. I say, respect to villagers.
 
And so the tears flowed….
by Baba Galleh Jallow

And so the tears flowed
For the death of the children
Conceived in the throes of anger
Born into the arms of fear
Strangled by the claws of evil
Clad in garments of prickly good!!
 
And so the tears flowed
At the demise of honest thought
At the rape of the people’s intellect
The bastardization of love and piety
The ascendancy of slimy rot
Donning the robes of high order!!
 
And so the tears flowed
At the passing of the truthful bard
At the era of the village idiot
Turned saint
At the specter of the mean village crook
Turned champion defender of the poor!!
 
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