Thank you too Laye, have a wonderful day as well. Suntou On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:53 AM, A Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Arfang Suntou: > > Yes, true, true you owe me nothing to answer to and I respect your decision > not to answer my questions. Thank you for taking the time to at least > letting me know that you will answer nothing. That is so nice of you. Have a > wonderful day. > > -Laye > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:40 PM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >> > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤