Dear Web Admin, Please subscribe Fahad Travel to the mailing list. E-mail address is [log in to unmask] Thanks >From: Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [Re: ECOWAS PRESIDENT OF THE CENTURY, WOW!!] >Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:38:18 EST > > Some people will vehemently disagree with your claims that Nkrumah was >the >first african dictator and I happen to be one of them. How could someone >that envisioned a United States of Africa be a dictator? Nkrumah knew >full >well that if his plan came to fruition then Ghana would just be a small >part >of a big equation. These thoughts are not consistent with those of a >dictator. > >Nevertheless, no man is perfect, and sometimes the maturity of a leader >comes >with time. Therefore, I would not be too hasty in condemning him for a few >blemishes in an exemplary tenure as president of Ghana. In fact, if one >looks at the big picture and judges him on the categories that I outlined >previously, he stands heads and shoulders above the rest. > >I believe that if there is an award for the ECOWAS president of the >century, >then it is the moral obligation for those voting to choose the best leader >even if this means picking the best of the worst. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------