Dear L-Managers, Grateful if you could kindly subscribe Sainey Manneh of the Physical Planning Department of the Ministry of Lands in Banjul. His e-mail address is: [log in to unmask] Thanks and more grease to your elbows. KBJ Nairobi-Kenya. --- Omar Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > African unity has been high on the agenda for many > decades, and we have seen and heard many different > leaders advocating for the same issue. We want to > believe that the achievement of this dream will > create a great turning point in the lives of the > entire African people, be it positve or negetive. > However, I believe that we should start this unity > crusade from within our native countries. Many > African countries are engulfed in ethnic, tribal, > political and economic chaos, and it should have > been better to clear ourselves first and foremost of > this menace before taking any giant step towards > African unity. Countries like Somalia, Rwanda, > Burundi, Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, DRC etc, are > so internally divided because of ethnic\tribal > strife, and it is not going to be any easy for > natives of these countries to relate to other > Africans if they cant overcome their own differences > , and having a dialogue for peace. > > I would want to hail Gaddafi`s idea, but it might > have come at the wrong time. I want to question why > this sudden interest in Black Africa? Is it because > Gaddafi is not pulling on well with his Arab > brothers? And we all know that North Africans relate > more to their Arab brothers in the middle -east than > to black Africans. If not, then why is all this talk > about " I`m from the Maghrib" ? I study with people > from North Africa and I`m writing out of experience. > > This whole idea about African unity should not be > ridiculed. We still harbour immence respect for the > great innovator Kwame Nkrumah, and ofcourse the west > is waiting to see whether we can do it. This is a > premature time for it, and we need to give our > brothers and sisters in civil strife the time and > chance to put themselves together, and then we can > talk sharp and straight to each other. > > We know Gaddafi is controversial, but the man is to > be fancied. Libya has gone through a lot of trials > and tribulations over the years, but she is still on > her feet and is not dancing to the tunes of nobody! > Let us give that credit to Gaddafi, and I want to > believe that the average Libyan has a better living > standard compared to other Africans. I`m yet to meet > a Libyan immigrant here in Norway! > > God bless Africans and African unity. > > Regards, > omar. > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: Dr. Amadou Janneh <[log in to unmask]> > Til: [log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]> > Dato: 16. oktober 1999 00:54 > Emne: Bro MM Graduating > > > >Gambia-l (Gunjurians, in particular): > > > >Momodou Musa Scattred Janneh (M.M.) will be > graduating from the University of > >Tennessee at the end of this semester (Dec. 18) > with a bachelor's degree in > >chemical engineering and a minor in chemistry. > > > >Plan to join us at the ceremonies in Knoxville. > > > >Amadou S. J. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L > >Web interface at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------