I like the spirit of your letter and your ,definitions. Are the people you mentioned
Halifa Sallah,Sidia Jatta and a handful of others", politicians?
" As far as I am concerned the land question in Southern Africa can be summed
> up in the Wolof saying: "Ku raacha tai sa kanam". What we are seeing in many
> of those who ignore the land issue in Zimbabwe and dwell on "democracy" and
> Human Rights" and the demonisation of the messenger, Mugabe, are those who
> "raacha" and "tai kanami jamboor".
I agree generally about the land question but Could you care to translet to Kunta Kinte, the meaning of "Ku raacha tai sa kanam".
>
> From: Kabir Njaay <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2007/04/22 sö PM 01:15:46 CEST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Ämne: Re: Fwd: The 'war-for-own-land' in Africa is a reality
>
> Suntu,
>
> Thanks. Yes, those intellectuals! :-) I have never liked the word, one of
> the most abused and misused in the English language. Probably the reason
> why I have never deluded myself that I was one. If you ask me, genuine
> intellectuals on our shores do not come more erudite than Halifa Sallah,
> Sidia Jatta and a handful of others.
>
> It requires first and foremost, amongst other things, honesty, structure in
> thought and meticulous gathering of information and never succumbing even if
> you are in a minority of one. There are many who would sooner sell out than
> stand for what is right. There are also many who simply do not have a clue.
> For them 'education' is simply a passport to wealth because in their shallow
> minds wealth equals success.
>
> There was this Gambian guy who went to the same college as I. He was very
> bright in class, an economics major, but imagine my surprise when one day as
> we discussed Africa's economic situation I happened to mention ECOWAS whiles
> talking about moves towards a single monetary system. He stopped me in mid
> sentence to to inquire: "Eco what? What's that?" even though I was going to
> the engineering department, I had to explain to him what ECOWAS meant...
>
> I could not hide my irritation though, for every week we got a new issue of
> "West Africa Magazine" in the library, the same applies to "New African"
> every month. Whiles many African students always looked forward to new
> issues, sat in the library and either read and/or copied many articles, his
> like were only interested in passing exams.
>
> As far as I am concerned the land question in Southern Africa can be summed
> up in the Wolof saying: "Ku raacha tai sa kanam". What we are seeing in many
> of those who ignore the land issue in Zimbabwe and dwell on "democracy" and
> Human Rights" and the demonisation of the messenger, Mugabe, are those who
> "raacha" and "tai kanami jamboor".
>
> Even if one cannot see it through such prism, simple common sense should
> lead one to ask the simple question" Which came first, the land question or
> the democracy issue? Of course we all know that Mugabe did not become a
> "dictator" before he chose to "raacha" and "tai" for his own.
>
> Remain resolute, might has never equalled right!
>
> Regards,
>
> Kabir.
>
>
> On 4/22/07, Suntou Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > kabir , keep the fire burning . our intellectuals always betrays us. they
> > can
> > only see from the other side.but still we have some who will stick with
> > us.globalisation is the biggest coloniser of all.what use to be yours is
> > turn
> > against you, and you can't do any thing about it.privatisation derails
> > government powers .zimbabwe is a test ground if it fails ,the rest of the
> > south
> > african governments will be in uter shock thus allowing our uncles to come
> > up
> > again with another baby milk .. and believe me many will harb ( drink )
> > the
> > milk .
> >
>
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