For the attention of Dr.Abdoulaye Saine
Could you be kind enough to help professor Eljay with the undernoted question in your paper on ex-Gambian president Dawda Jawara.Professor Lemuel Johnson(Eljay) is professor of English at the University of Michigan,USA.and a Sierra Leonean.
Ramadan Mubarak.
Musa Pembo,
Glasgow
Scotland,UK.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lemuel Johnson
To: MUSA A.PEMBO ; fatma mustapha alharazim ; [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 7:30 AM
Subject: Re:Gambian Ex-President JAWARA's 150-Mile Walk
Dear Netters:
I am intrigued by the following measure of things in MP's recent forward of a profile of ex-Gambian President Dawda Jawara. Whether real or apocryphal, any (dis)confirming addition to what follows below will be appreciated. E.g., one-way, or roundtrip, etc. I confess to being interested in the cultural history of spectacular feats by, say, the likes of Hercules and Samson, Mao and Saddam, King David & King Arthur, etc...
Herewith the relevant passage.
Thanks in advance!
Eljay
Dawda Kairaba Jawara: The Man, His Politics and Legacy
(A Personal Appreciation)
by Abdoulaye Saine
Department of Political Science
& Paula Boxie (Department of Teacher Education) Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056)
Six years have elapsed since the toppling in July 22, 1994, of Sir Dawda Jawara, The Gambia's first president.... Student life was hard, however, but manageable and the rigors of his childhood and travels from Barrajally to Banjul, Achimota and then Glasgow prepared him for what was to follow later. While at Boys High School in the 1940s, Jawara once walked the 150 miles from Bathurst to Barrajally to spend the holidays with his family. This was at a time when transport facilities were poor...
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