Thank you for your mail. I surpose you have a point to argue, I wanted to write more but present I am on a vocatio >From: Lamin Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The Interview Of Ex-President Jammeh >Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:50:45 -0700 > >Hey pah mambuna , >I suppose you have already packed your bags and ready to fly back within >the week or so to contribute to the nation as Makdela did for his. IF not i >suggest your stay in Kentucky >and stop babbling. >What ar u still doing here since you graduated from Berea. What do we call >your kind. >TENN. > > > > >At 02:08 PM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Saul, > > > >You do not need to reiterate yourself. We heard you loud and clear from >your very > >first posting. At times we can all choose to have "Selective > >hearing/understanding". Its an easy to do thing. You deserve my pat on >your back > >for telling us what we may not want to hear. > > > >Indeed, Africa can only be developed by Africans and hence Gambia by >Gambians. It > >is going to take educated Africans (or should I say intellectuals?) to >rescue > >Africa from the poor state Africa is in today. You will agree with me >that >there > >are no shortage of educated Africans in the world today, but where are >the >vast > >majority of these elite Africans investing their "resources"? Certainly, >the > >Gambia is not enjoying those "resources" from her elite populace. Why? I >guess > >Mr. Bajo has concisely spelt out the reasons over and over. To go on >bickering > >about Pres. Jammeh and his cohorts OR Ex-Pres. Jawara and his people >while we > >choose to stay in the developed world to amass wealth or for what ever >reasons, > >will only lead us to what psychologists refer to as "diffusion of > >responsibility/bystander effect" - somebody will one day remove him from >power. > >Who will that somebody be? > > > >Pres. Jammeh and his cohorts might be doing what you and I may disagree >with, but > >what good can you and I do if our only weapon is to haul at them from far >away? > >The likes of Ghandi, M.L. King Jr. N. Mandela, just as Mr. Bajo has >mentioned, > >have done it against their oppressors under very severe conditions that >they > >could choose to easily avoid just as most of us are doing right now. >Mandela saw > >the need to put an end to apartheid and he sacrificed 27 solid years of >his life > >behind bars for the world at large to see what he saw. All praise due to >Allah, > >the omnipotent, Mandela's dreams now become a reality. Ghandi saw the >need >to put > >and end to British oppression, that also took countless lives, in India. >He > >sacrificed to spend time, over and over, behind bars while he continued >to >fight > >the British with non-violent forces. Dr. King non-violently fought >against > >segregation in the United states and suffered numerous arrests even >before >he was > >gunned down. Time after time we heard him say, "Like anyone else, I would >like to > >live a long life, longevity has its place .... but it does not matter >with me > >any more ..... I just want to do God's will..." What I am try to convey >is >that > >Dr. King vividly knew that they were plotting to kill him, but that did >not stop > >him from doing what he was doing. He saw the injustice of segregation and >was > >persevered to fight against it at any cost, even at the cost of his own >life. > >Wow! these were some of the heroes whose education was used to amass >wealth not > >solely for themselves but for the world over. Each one of these people, >Mandela, > >King or Ghandi could have avoided the harsh and cruel suffering they had >gone > >through had they dropped their weapons (I guess those weapons would be >words and > >pen for all three but while at the very core of everything) and watched >for what > >will happen next. I wonder and wander if I would have been able to sit >here at > >Transylvania University in Lexington, KY today to freely compose this >response > >had it not been the struggle Dr. King and his people undertook. Someone >in >India > >or South Africa may be wondering and wandering for a similar thing had it >not > >been for Ghandi or Mandela in addition to Allah's will. > > > >We heard enough of what needs to be done at home now. I for one agree >that >most > >of the points raised by many on this very "Bantaba" are worth >implementing. To > >paraphrase Mr. Bajo, "actions do speak louder than words". We have these >great > >many ideas, but will we be willing to pay for anything that it will cost >to > >implement them? Certainly not if we only keep hauling from far away. I >guess this > >is the point Mr. Bajo clearly spelt out in both his postings and he >surely > >deserves my applause. I attended a meeting in Atlanta during the July 4 >reunion, > >and to be honest it was awe inspiring to see all those Gambian intellects >who are > >rich in knowledge. I take my hat off for them to be able to dedicate >themselves > >to achieve what they have. I was really thrilled. The GAMBIA, our >homeland, > >surely needs their expertise if we want to prevent another exodus of the > >generation that follows us. Our generation has immensely dispersed, >thanks to > >Ex-Pres Jawara, but we can make Gambia a conducive place for the next > >generation to stay if we go home to implement what our intellectuals deem > >necessary. > > > >We cannot stand aloof from our nation's affairs and only hope for the >best. Pres. > >Jammeh has always welcome the educated ones to go and work together for >a >better > >Gambia. May Allah give us all the courage to do just that. > > > >God speed! > > > >Pa Mambuna > > > > > > > > > >*************************************************************************** >********* > > > >I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on >earth, > >like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has >succeeded in > >his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front >and not > >behind... 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