And yes Dr. Jaiteh. We all will then march gallantly back to the future behind our new Emperor With No Clothes! Thanks for the amusing idea. Baba > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:01:04 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: the choice in 2011 - kingdom or empire > To: [log in to unmask] > > Should Gambians decide to do away with a republic for monarchy, I would > dare suggest they chose empire over kingdom for the following reasons: > 1. We will be the only by popular demand empire in the whole of Africa, > may be the world should we decide there is no American empire! > 2. While a king may sound and look cool, an emperor sounds even more > majestic and grander. > 3. An empire will best suit the chiefs as they can easily rename their > districts as kingdoms and not to lose out the Koringholu and Nyancholu > will take their rightful place as king-makers. > 4. the Mandingmorri will become the soothsayers and the Jula sankaranka, > bankers and stock market brokers! > 5. everybody else serfs in the great empire call (??) Haruna what do we > call it? > 6. no more military coup, just palace coups > > the trouble of course is empires need to conquer to prosper but > geopolitical situation "island-state" makes that a little challenging > though not impossible. > > > What a wonderful world it will be :) > > > Malanding Jaiteh > > $B!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!" (B > 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] > $B!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!" (B ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤