If you are young enough not to experience the fan-fare that use to welcome the 'tereto' groundnut buying season, then tune in and hear Muhammed L Sillah dilate on this interesting subject, from the first Republic to date. If you were among those who use to say, Musuma agha Brikama, (I have never reach Brikama), then tune in and hear how our Kuntaur, Fulladou, Niani, Jarra, Kiang, Jimara, Sandou-Wulli and the rest of the North bank people use to anticipate the tereto. I can personally remember loitering about watching elders swore at the Urban men who came to weigh their nuts. Some farmers will scream and curse because they can see the weighing clerks cheating them. The PPP failed to place tangible safeguards to stop broad daylight robbery, and the junta, did not do any better...Farmers suffer and they continue to suffer, hence, rural urban migration.

A good groundnut season means, we upcountry people have a lots of spending money, which in turn help sustain the Urban economy, and we were able to send our men abroad for greener pastures, who ended building the best houses in Greater Banjul for renting etc..So the history of the Tereto is a welcome show. All day today, with a mix variety of Gambian music, Halem, Musa Ngom, Juldeh Camara etc. Hear ML SIllah www.kaironews.com or on tunein radio Kairo Gambia.

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