Karalang and habib, Thanks for your comments on the above subject, but this was actually an old posting, about a month ago. I don't have a clue how it resurfaced. Ebrima Ceesay, birmingham, UK. >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Directory of Progressive Gambian Intellectuals >Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 22:05:19 EDT > >Ceesay, > Your idea of a directory of progressive Gambian Intellectuals is >laudable.But I am not comfortable with the word 'progressive' in the title >of >your directory. > The word 'progressive' is both loaded and connotative.In the heydays >of >a the bi-polar world (not to say Cold War) which is now a phenomenon of >the >past,the word was used to refer to people with leftist leanings, >intellctuals >or not.And I don't think that the word has yet lost this meaning.By the >same >token you don't want to tell me that all the Gambian intellectual yor going >to put in this directory,including you ,are of the left. > As a suggestion, you should perhaps omit the word to avoid this >implied controversy. > > KOLI TENGELA > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------