I called it our social security. A safety net everyone hoped for. An
insurance policies of every family.

Meaning parents invest on offspring hoping to better themselves and along
the way care them at old age and in sickness /dead. Good isn't?

A bunch of people cultivate peanut to pay my school. Am not sure I can pay
back but I don't think they expect a payback. All they ask for is to do my
part. Thank you - all!

Last week I had an interesting conversation with a Gambian scholar - our
topic was the economic effects of extended family systems. He was with the
view it hold many aback. From purely economic point of reasoning I concur
with him.

I however argued the system from a broader social good. And I used myself
as a product. Certainly I might not today enjoy all the dollars I make but
will I ever have that opportunity had they not toil in the fields? There
may not be black/white answer but I would want to recognize their
contribution.

We also discussed the solutions. That brought us into even bigger political
fails vs social development.

What's your take! Do you think we should endeavor to preserve the system or
deliberately work towards discarding? In your view how can we improve it to
align with current socio-economic realities of our people?

Regards

Burama


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