Yero,
Mathew may choose heeding to your family advice and that's fine. With very open mind, it is no secret that what Jammeh plays around is nothing but purely TRIBAL politics. Mathew is doing nothing bad compared to the excessive employment of tribal politics by Jammeh that so badly plagues the entire Gambia. Look at the composition of top level public positions from Governor Central Bank of Gambia to other senior public positions. People in these positions may be the most qualified. But then when you look at the proportional distribution, that is where fairness and balance come up. In short, it is Jammeh who is doing that dirty job of 'tribal' job dividing society. Mathew in all his writings does less harm. He is simply naming the imposing evil of tribal segregation that Jammeh is known best playing openly.
Vice President Isatou Njie being another tribe other than Jola is a simple thin masking tape. In future, Gambians don't want leaders to employ tribal sentiment to run public office. Anyone who does so as Jammeh now does, the least required is exposure as Mathew is seen doing. I have no doubt Mathew would have denounced his own brother or best friend who does what Jammeh is doing. Jammeh has to be stopped.
Regards
Sarjo Bayang
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[log in to unmask]Subject: Tribal Politics: Is that what Africa Needs?
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:44:41 -0600
Tribal Politics: Is that what Africa Needs? http://www.maafanta.com/MathewJallowTheGambiaJolaKingdomAndHegemony.html Hi Uncle Mathew, Please turn down the tone of the language in these articles a little bit. In as much as I hate to sound like being a supporter in any shape or form to Jammeh's terror regime, the kind of tribal remarks are not helping us as Africans. Those of us living in the west has been exposed to many other cultures. Even racism is fading away now much more to tribalism. I honestly do not like and buy the idea of tribal sentiments expressed in your article. Just few years ago, you were all over calling the Jawara regime similar names, today you are here saying the same to the Jolas, and who knows the next target of a tribe. No doubt in my mind that the charge of terror and injustices on the jammeh regime is legitimate, but the kind of tribal sentiments in you have every tendency to cause violence. As an aspiring politician, you will need all those classes of people some day. Besides the point, tribal sentiments just need to be turned off. Jammeh's regime is composed of all kind of people, from all Gambian tribes, starting from Isatou Njie saidy all the way the killers in Kanil lai. Thanks Yero
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