Bro Kabir, thanks very much for your translation of the article.  I hope the
skid to be aired will project the Gambia that Gambians live under and not
another propagander for the APRC.  Keep up the good work.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Gambia On Swedish TV - January 14.
>Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:23:25 +0100
>
>Brother Joe,
>
>Here's a synopsis:
>
>Standby at the President's
>
>http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=10652&a=157657
>
>Gambia TV, GRTS is just a few years old, short on equipment and personnel
>but manages to air programs on schedule.
>
>Bunja Touray, an ambitious news reporter whose assignments consist mainly
>of
>covering visits to the State House and other official functions, is
>assigned
>one day to cover an opposition campaign tour during the presidential
>election.
>
>Amid high tension, sometimes clashes erupted between the supporters of
>different candidates as the opposition coalition that had been built was
>being deemed strong enough to unseat the president, and how suddenly
>Bunja's
>journalistic work gathers momentum.
>
>* How GRTS came into being through Jammeh's initiative despite protest from
>the IMF and economic advisers from the West.
>
>*Quoting Jammeh on reasons for insisting on establishing GRTS: 'One can
>deny
>what one hears, but one cannot deny what one sees'. (Makes me wonder!)
>
>* He envisioned GRTS to cover his agenda and report on every initiative he
>took, and at the little station, the journalists are striving under the
>existing premises.
>
>The rest is about the 'bloodless' coup by the former president's erstwhile
>bodyguard who was determined to stamp out corruption and how he was elected
>president after his interim govt.
>
>It ends with the rhetorical question of whether the TV can influence the
>outcome of a re-election bid under dire economic straits and when progress
>is lacklustre.
>
>(Joe, judging from the above, I don't think the program will pose those
>critical questions that many concerned Gambians are asking daily, though I
>may be jumping the gun here. May be brother Sidibeh can help put his
>incisive mind behind a short review after the program?)
>
>NB!: The female, in the background, Jankeh Phatty, is a news reader at
>GRTS.
>The following link gives short biographies of Jankeh, Bunja and of course,
>President Yahya A. J. J Jammeh and his 'pet projects':
>  http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=10652&a=157666
>
>Regards,
>
>Kabir.
>
>
>
>
>"Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Kabir, is there an english translation to your forward?  I am interested
>to
> > know the message being porttrayed with that picture of Yaya and a male
>and
> > female in the background.  Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Chi Jaama
> >
> > Joe Sambou
> >
> >
> > >From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: Gambia On Swedish TV - January 14.
> > >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:03:30 +0100
> > >
> > >Hi Sidibeh!
> > >
> > >I got some calls from people who'd seen your mail below and wondered
> > >exactly
> > >at what time it's due to be aired and whether on STV1 or STV2. I dug up
> > >some
> > >background info and thought to share:
> > >http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=10652&a=157657
> > >
> > >Thanks for the tip!
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Kabir
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Momodou S Sidibeh" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:41 AM
> > >Subject: Gambia On Swedish TV - January 14.
> > >
> > >
> > >G-Lers,
> > >
> > >Unless Swedish TV drastically alters its programming, it has scheduled
>to
> > >show a film on Gambia (actually about Gambian Television) by Birgitta
> > >Svensson on January 14th. It is a really interesting piece with great
>cuts
> > >from the 2001 campaign trail. Hear Y.J.J and Yanks bribing Gunjurians
>that
> > >if they wish to own the world's biggest cold storage facility they
>would
> > >have to outdo Kartong in voting APRC!
> > >
> > >New Year Greetings from Stockholm,
> > >
> > >Momodou S Sidibeh
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