I will answer nothing. I owe you nothing to anwer to. Please. Suntou On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:45 AM, A Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *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!! > > > Suntu: > > Would you please answer the following questions about the poem above. I > just want to understand your interpretation of it but with the current > exchange, I am finding that difficult: > > 1- What is your first impression of the poem? > 2- Did you enjoy it? > 3- How does the poem make you feel? > 4- What are the key words that strike you as important to the meaning of > the poem? > 5- Is the poem upbeat or dreary, humorous or serious? > 6- Did Baba employ any allusions, imagery, irony or other figurative > language in the poem? > 7- From what point of view do you think this poem was written? > 8- What do you know about Baba and how has that affected your understanding > of his poem? > 9- What do you think was happening in Baba's life and the world around him > at the time of writing this poem? > 10- Finally, what do you think Baba meant by this poem, his inspiration and > the message he's trying to send? > > I sincerely await your indulgence. > > -Laye > > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:58 PM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> 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) >>> >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> >>> *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.* >>> *www.maafanta.com* >>> ** >>> *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!! >>> >>> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To >>> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >>> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search >>> in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >>> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact >>> the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >>> [log in to unmask]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right >>> from Hotmail®.<http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009> >>> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To >>> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >>> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >>> >>> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >>> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact >>> the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >>> [log in to unmask]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >>> >> >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To >> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the >> List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >> > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤