Saint Hamelberg!

getting stuck with issues of itegration in Swedish society would bring about 
a frontal collision with Nyamko*. Eventhough, I think she is more pest than 
cure, her historic appointment as Scandinavia's first ever black minister is 
of such significance that only a "deracialised" Swedish mind could afford to 
ignore. Even her, as reactionary as she has shown herself, needs breathing 
space to revel in her new-found power citadel.

 Inspite of the mud slung on her even after the elections, I still prefer 
her to Mauricio Rojas, if for nothing else, because at least she believes in 
her own nonsenses; a property he apparently lacks!

I smell a whiff of paranoia that you must disown. You have neither been 
delisted nor have your words been misinterpreted. Traffic on Gambia-l the 
past couple of weeks has been slow, perhaps because many active debaters 
have been severely disillusioned by the results of the recent elections in 
Gambia - where the Opposition, behind which most of us placed our weight, 
was severely thrashed. So we are undergoing an unofficial period of 
mourning, from which idealists like myself are yet to pull ourselves. Oops, 
let us just say I am meaning myself and some stockholm-based radicals!

Oh yes, there is much too much too look into. I've heard that Tariq Ali was 
in Malmö recently. The climate at Bantaba cannot possibly be less soothing, 
so you need to brew litres of coffee for upcoming locks of horns, if you 
should wish to raise your voice.

cheers,
sidibeh

[* Nyamko Sabuni, has been appointed by prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as 
minister for integration and gender equality. She is one of four ministers 
hailing from the Liberal party, a member of the right-wing coalition that 
ousted the left from power on September 17th. Nyamko Sabuni, who arrived in 
Sweden as a twelve-year old refugee from the democratic republic of Congo, 
is perhaps Sweden's most powerful immigrant]. Except for her politics she 
reminds me of my own comrade-sister Ndey Jobarteh!]


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cornelius Edward Hamelberg" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Libraries in the Sand Reveal Africa's Academic Past


> Thanks for the links, Momodou,
>
> I read your last mail before reading this one..
>
> I haven't received any Listserv mail since my first and last posting and I 
> observe that since I joined, discussions have never been standing still, 
> so we must be in the doldrums just now or my words have been 
> misinterpreted and I have been taken off the list?
> The "donkey" business was part of an exchange of fire between warring 
> parties on Bantaba - and here too I am aware that it's a no-no....
>
> The whole idea of "Aliens" needs looking into....
>
>
>>
>> From: Momodou S Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 2006/11/13 må PM 12:02:38 CET
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Ämne: Re: Libraries in the Sand Reveal Africa's Academic Past
>>
>> Sister Jabou Joh, Cornelius Hammelberg,
>>
>> Please find below a couple of links to some sites that may shed more 
>> light
>> on the issue of the Timbuktu Manuscripts. One of them is an online
>> exhibition where texts referring to subjects as diverse as medicine and
>> politics are displayed. The general effort to preserve these texts dates
>> back a couple of years now, with quite a number of scholars, both African
>> and American, involved in different aspects of the enterprise.
>>
>>
>> http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/mali-exhibit.html
>>
>>
>> http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/september/timbuktu.htm
>>
>>
>> http://www.fordfound.org/publications/ff_report/view_ff_report_detail.cfm?report_index=432
>>
>>  Many thanks to you all,
>> sidibeh
>>
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