Kejau be open minded a bit and see things in a little solid context. Controversy makes the world go round. An experience former soldier should know that better than many. Suntou On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Oh, Suntou, > > Please calm down, why do you always seem to be controversial mate? Do you > sound like that village idiot? Every place, town, city, etc, has many > idiots. I hope you are ok? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2010 10:58 AM > *Subject:* Re: So The Village idoits call for some respect (In Maafanta) > > 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤