Play it again, says Sam WINDHOEK, Dec 18 (AFP) - Namibian President Sam Nujoma made the national army band replay the national anthem at a parade because it was too slow, The Namibian newspaper reported Monday. They were playing at a passing-out parade for national youth service recruits last Friday at the Walvis Base military base, when Nujoma said they were playing too slowly. "I don't know why everyone plays our anthem so slowly, even internationally," the paper reported Nujoma as telling the bandmaster. "We are the land of the brave - don't play it so slow," he said as he made the band try again. Namibia's national anthem is known as 'The Land of the Brave'. Still not satisfied with the second, faster version, Nujoma urged the band to practise more and called for more instruments for the band. "That was better, but it can still improve," he said. str-ck/pbl/nb _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------