Ous Gajigo,
To hell with Youssou Ndour for taking a principled antiwar stance? Are you serious?
Sidibeh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ousman Gajigo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> What the F$#K! This is one of the few times a we get West African musicians
> on the West Coast. And a lot of us here have made plans. To hell with him.
>
> Ousman
>
>
> >From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:03:38 +0000
> >
> >Good for him. I hope other African musicians follow his example.
> >
> >Chi Jaama
> >
> >Joe Sambou
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >><[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >>Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:18:47 EST
> >>
> >> > From: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:22:29 EST
> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Subject: FOSG: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >> >
> >> > Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour
> >> >
> >> > .c The Associated Press
> >> >
> >> > NEW YORK (AP) - Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour has canceled his
> >> > seven-week
> >> > tour of North America to protest a threatened U.S.-led war on Iraq.
> >> >
> >> > N'Dour, who had planned to embark on a 38-city tour on March 26, issued
> >>a
> >> > statement Friday saying a tour of the United States would be
> >> > ``inappropriate.''
> >> >
> >> > ``It is my strong conviction that the responsibility for disarming Iraq
> >> > should rest with the United Nations. As a matter of conscience I
> >>question
> >> > the United States government's apparent intention to commence war with
> >> > Iraq,'' said the 43-year-old singer, who is also Muslim.
> >> >
> >> > ``I believe that coming to America at this time would be perceived in
> >>many
> >> > parts of the world - rightly or wrongly - as a support of this policy,
> >>and
> >> > that, as a consequence, it is inappropriate to perform in the U.S. at
> >>this
> >> > juncture.''
> >> >
> >> > The Grammy-nominated N'Dour is a superstar in Senegal, a predominantly
> >> > Muslim country. He is also a world music star in the United States and
> >> > Europe.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 03/07/03 16:14 EST
> >> > ----------------------
> >> > This posting is provided without permission of the copyright owner for
> >> > purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship, and research under the
> >>"Fair
> >> > Use" provisions of U.S.Government copyright laws and it may not be
> >> > distributed further without permission of the copyright owner. The
> >>sender
> >> > does not vouch for the accuracy of the content of the message, which is
> >>the
> >> > sole responsibility of the copyright .
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to:
> >>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
> >>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
> >>[log in to unmask]
> >>
> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
> >>Web interface
> >>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
> >>
> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >_________________________________________________________________
> >MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE*
> >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to:
> >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
> >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
> >Web interface
> >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*
> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
> [log in to unmask]
>
> 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 Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]
To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|