Ja jef G-lers, I am just enquiring if Matarr is still a member of this forum. I received a menacing email from Matarr with regards to my contribution on African Unity. I am not offended by his comments, but I want to know if he is receiving mails from the list. I will appreciate it if the list owner or managers can assit me with this enquiry. Jere jef, Daddy Njie. >From: Serign Cham <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: African Unity >Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:52:24 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >From [log in to unmask] Wed Sep 22 13:19:36 1999 >Received: from [149.68.1.24] by hotmail.com (2.1) with ESMTP id >MHotMailB9B272AE0155D820F3EA9544011812A8458; Wed Sep 22 13:19:36 1999 >Received: from maelstrom.stjohns.edu (149.68.1.24) by maelstrom.stjohns.edu >(LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; >Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:53:42 -0500 >Received: from MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU by MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU >(LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 3101074 for >[log in to unmask]; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:53:37 -0400 >Received: from smtp1.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.10.81) by maelstrom.stjohns.edu > (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id ><[log in to unmask]>; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:53:36 -0500 >Received: from PC32955.MAC.CC.CMU.EDU (PC32955.MAC.CC.CMU.EDU >[128.2.119.157]) by smtp1.andrew.cmu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP >id PAA21560 for <[log in to unmask]>; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 >15:53:08 -0400 (EDT) >X-Mailer: Mulberry (Win32) [1.3.4, s/n S-100002] >X-Authenticated: scham by cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu >X-Licensed-To: Site License >Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> > >Hello G-Lers > >I have been reading some wonderful postings but I have to admit that this >particlar one is intriguing and African Unity is a sine quo non for our >development efforts as a continent trying to catch up with the rest of the >world. Now that we are living in a borderless and boundaryless world driven >by technological advancement and the information super-highway, what we >need >is a continent that is economically integrated, despite our cultural, >language, political differences, among other things. I cannot more than >agree with Mr. Njie citing NAFTA and EU as the two best classic examples of >economic integration. > >This topic interest me a great deal and I would like to congratulate Mr. >Jones on the wonderful postings regarding this subject matter which I think >we should explore further. > >Clincher: "Think globally and act locally" > >Long Live Gambia and the African Continent. > > >Serign Cham. > >e exampleswe --On Wednesday, September 22, 1999, 10:19 AM +0000 "Nyang >Njie" ><[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hello G-Lers > > I enjoyed reading the postings with regards to African unity. I think >that > > it is a noble goal that Africans need to pursue with vigor. In recent > > years, we have witnessed the formation of economic and political blocks > > around the world (case in point NAFTA and EU). > > > > Most proponents of continental unity put the cart before the horse. We > > cannot achieve continental unity without strong regional cooperation. > > Organizations such as ECOWAS, MAHGREB, and the East African common >market > > should be used as platforms for the formation of a strong and viable > > continental body. A major obstacle to continental unity is the >reluctance >of > > politicians to relinquish or surrender powers to a more centralize body. > > ECOWAS has been in existence for quite a while, but it had a limited >success > > in integrating West Africa into a common market. This is mainly due to > > member states not having a uniform policy to achieve goals set forth by >the > > organization. African unity will only be a reality when our political > > leaders realize that they have to loose some power for a greater good. > > > > The emerging trend of closer economic cooperation within countries of > > Western Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific rim will force Africa >to > > forge unions or common markets. The bargaining power of individual >states > > will be diluted because most of our trading partners in Europe will > > negotiate deals to benefit the European Union not individual countries. > > > > Jere Jef, > > Daddy Njie. > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email 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 > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------