My Dear Maareme OKO,

Thank you very much for the progressive INTERNATIONAL KORA FESTIVAL. I am glad to have you in my School of Thought for Progressive African Cultural Renaissance including the preservation of our NKO MANDENG CIVILIZATION.

If I should have my way, we will deport all the Mandinka speakers (born or integrated) and will only let them back into Kambiya Bolong when they pass the regorous NKO proficiency tests!!!!

The fun aside, I saw your Facebook invitation notice in my email but since my Facebook consumption is almost zero these days, due to other commitments, I am yet to log in to confirm. Facebook also distracts. Once am online many friends would like to chat and if I am slow they think I snub them. Since I do not have time, I just stay away.

However I  would love to attend as the dates of the festival fall within the time window I reserved to be in KAMBIA but as God and Man know, I will only set foot into The Gambia when my Brother President Jammeh issues the guarantees and other matters I floated before and behind-the-scenes.

Whatever the case, I am with you in spirits and hopefully we will work together in any of the subsequent editions.

YOUR TIME PERMITTING, YOU CAN START WRITING DOWN SCRIPT/STORY ON THE CORA(history, relevance, whatever you want humanity to know about the socio-cultural and economic importance of the cora, etc.) THAT WE COULD DEVELOP INTO A WORLD CLASS DOCUMENTARY OR FICTIONAL FILM (whichever is feasible) to help preserve the legacy for posterity at least in modern Full High Definition (HD) audiovisual format.


Hugs,

Prince BA Sankanu
Cologne, Germany


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> Datum: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:56:47 -0700
> Von: oko drammeh <[log in to unmask]>
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: Re: Contact

> Dear Malick,
>  thank you for your sincere contact. I am well thank you and working on
> the International Kora Festival which will take place in various location in
> the Gambia from the 14th of April to the 22nd.  My telephone number is
> 7732786.
> Hearing from you soon.
> Oko
> 7732786
> www.okodrammeh.com
>
> --- On Tue, 3/13/12, Malik Jeng <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Malik Jeng <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [G_L] Contact
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 8:00 PM
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> Mr OKO,
>  
> I understand you are in Gambia, I hope all is good.  Can you kindly give
> me your number please.
> r
> NM
>  
> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 04:11:35 -0800
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: The Daily Observer &  The Point coverage of Yaram + AFFORD's
> England Jerseys Donation
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Congratulations Malick !
>  
> I have followed the news from the Banjul press.
>  
>  Thank you for assisting the Arts & Culture  (Sport is an ART). The
> glamour of Gambian soccer is buried and a grafted soccer game is born based
> only on imagination of personal prosperity. The game was a CRY & REJOICE GAME.
> Full of life and feeling.
> Giving these jersey and football accessories is an inspiring
> encouragement. The boys can plan but they are distracted by big mouthing and looking
> over the fence. They never looked inside: Chealsea is good for so & so,
> Milan, Real Madrid, Barca CRAZY. The Brazil team that the whole world liked is
> the 1970 team with Pele. Jerzinho, Revilino & Tastoa, Claudaldo 7 Gerson,
> Carlos Alberto, etc.None of them played abroard. They wrre state propertiy
> and envied no one, full of confodence and national love, filled with Pride.
> They made HISTORY.
>  
> Gmabian can win the world cup and I will score the goal should be the
> dream of every child through encouragement (like breaking the world record like
> Bolt). This is national pride. I prayed that one day Gambia goes to the
> World cup, that's national pride. National pride is that God created us ALL
> equal.
>  
> The Art and sport in Gambia is flambouant (Was), but it is not fully
> displayed. I saw things in the Gambian soccer fields that can only be matched by
> the 1990 scopion volley by Hugo Sanchez for Real performed. It was by
> Biri at Box Bar way before Sanchez. Gambia players used to cry when the loose
> and the fans will not be in the streets because of dissapointment. Gambia
> played France, they gave us 5-1 and Biri came in as a kid and brought the
> gamew to 5-4, France won, We played Portugal, they won but this is our
> linage. Gambia never lost to Senegal untill the PPP came to government. The Fools
> were running the GAME to this day. They never played soccer, they are not
> statured in Seville like Biri or visit the Maracana. The German world cup
> team coach came to Gambia because of our might & we have Biri .
>  
> To promote soccer you must start from the grass roots. I am very
> dissapointed that Biri did not go to the World cup in South Africa and market a
> tournament for Gambia( sports ambassador) or become Gambia's tourism promoter
> in Spain. Everybody knows him, likes him and they recognized him.
>  
> There are no junior league and the infrastructure,
>  this will lead to a high school league before stepping in to the junior
> team (such as Real Madrid). You start from 9 years old, just like in Music
> as Micheal jackson. All Good Gambian players have played for a few years
> only because they discover them when they playedcin Wakllidan. Then they
> already have wives and kids & Nawec. The players I know I knew them as soccer
> kids playing junior leagues: Saihou Sarr, Sam Sibi, Kebba Diaz, Nyanga
> Sallah, Alhagi Nyan, Salieu Foon, Cham (Sukuta), Leon Prom, Biri and the first
> high school international Salifu Ndour in 1960.
> The only player I knew whoes history I grew to appreciate is the late
> Alhagi Aziz Coker ( Cut-Away).
> he was the first Gambian super star and scored the same goal like Messi &
> Maradona by dribbling  players and the keeper. He was so good, that the
> Congolese musicians used to sing his name.
>  
> Helping the boys is my life, I like Gambians and I like people who are
> dedicated to the blood and born of the country. Anyone who will follw his/her
> heart in areas that government do not support is a liberated.
>  
>  The Gambia is a co-dependant country and we have to support each other
> to acheive things we like to accomplish.To campainge for this and to achieve
> it and hand it over to the Gambian players is a noble cause and a
> purposeful mission. Thank you!
>  
> May god bless you.
> Thank you so much!
>  
> Oko Drammeh
> Real de Banjul
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Malik Jeng <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 3:30:24 AM
> Subject: The Daily Observer & The Point coverage of Yaram + AFFORD's
> England Jerseys Donation
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> http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/yaram-arts-sports-donates-england-jerseys
> http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/35000-worth-of-sports-gear-for-gambian-teams
>  
>  
>
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> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:15:01 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: [>-<] Fwd: [Agera] The Daily Observer's coverage of the AGERA aid
> to the flood victims
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> Thank you AGERA for delivering as promised.
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> Go to:
> http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/agera-donates-to-emergency-relief-response
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> Take care.
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> SGDLR
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