>From: omar joof <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: ANOTHER RWANDA LURKING BEHING GAMBIANS!!
>Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:29:27 +0000
>
>Sister Jabou,
>Great Britain was made up of the English, the Scotish, the Welsh and
>Irish.
>These are called nations. When the British colonialist arrived on the banks
>of the river Gambia, they found there the Mandinka, the fulani, the wollof
>and Jola amongst others, but they were called tribes. It is fundamental for
>us to understand that in order to justify the establishment of an unjust
>and
>exploitative regime over our peoples, the colonialists had to use with
>regard them terms which paint deplorable pictures of them. In colonialist
>discourse, the terms tribe, ethnic and native, were always used with
>derogative connotations. It is sad to note that many years after political
>independence, we still regard ourselves as belonging to tribe E or Y
>thereby
>embracing the colonialists' depiction of what we are.
>The colonialists used such narrow segmentations to divide and rule us. In
>the post independence era also, selfish politicians use them for purposes
>of
>political self-perpetuation. For a people whose present circumstance is
>deplorable and the future blurred, the good old days mostly serve as a
>bastion of solace. This rekindles ancient glories and grandeurs, which
>provide succour for the frustrated mind. There is a deviation here which
>serves the purposes of failed politicians. The realities of the present are
>forgotten and ancient rivalries which have no bearings on our present
>predicament, take center stage. Our energies which should be used in
>creative work for development and advancement, are used instead in tearing
>us apart and advancing the interests of those who wish to establish a
>regime
>of manipulation over us.
>We should indeed discuss all forms of fragmented nationalism, especially
>when that is the crux of our detractor's strategy. Let me remind our Jola
>Brethren that we may feel the heat on us because Yaya Jammeh is one of
>us.But that is to say if we see ourselves in the deplorable state in which
>the colonialists wanted us to be seen. We indeed have certain things in
>common with him which we can never deny. That is why when he goes wrong, we
>should be the first to tell him that he has blundered. Matters that have to
>do with the Republic of the Gambia, have nothing to do with tribe. None of
>our peoples should benefit or be victimized because of matters that have
>more to do with their history than present realities.
>However, when a regime combines the characteristics of arrogance and
>ignorance, it fans sentiments that can tear the nation apart. GOD SAVE THE
>GAMBIA!
>Omar Joof.
>
>
>>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: Re: ANOTHER RWANDA LURKING BEHING GAMBIANS!!
>>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:03:40 EST
>>
>>Binneh & Elhadj,
>>
>>Yaya Jammeh is not only a tribalist, but he is trying to set up a Jola
>>kingdom. That is the reason he has made Kanilai, right there at the foot
>>of
>>Casamance, a capital, otherwise, what is his reasoning? He is preparing
>>his
>>capital
>>for the Kingdom he envisions.
>>It is also the reason that he has been meddling in the Casamance affair as
>>well as the reason that he was knee deep in the affairs of Guinea Bissau.
>>The
>>only reason he has given up on Bissau is that Kumba Yalla has no use for
>>him.
>>
>>My theory is that he envisioned a Jola Kingdom comprising of Gambia and
>>Casamance and bordering Bissau.
>>It is the same reason that he has been amassing arms and supplying them to
>>the rebels in Casamance as reported by those who have the evidence.
>>It is the same reason that he has been trying to bring friction between
>>Gambians and Senegalese through propaganda and the passage of ridiculous
>>laws that
>>will aggravate the Senegalese.
>>It is the same reason that all the rebels from the sub-region have been
>>allowed to come to our country and stay there.
>>I propose that Yaya Jammeh, like those dictators before him who have used
>>the
>>same tactics to instigate civil wars so they can have the excuse to let
>>loose
>>murderous elements into the general populace and get rid of those they
>>wanted
>>to get rid of, is embarked on the same course unless he is stopped.
>>Yaya Jammeh knows that he cannot just attack Senegal outright, and he
>>cannot
>>kill Gambians en masse although, Lord knows he is picking them off one by
>>one.
>>The method he wants to use is to pit Senegalese and Gambians against each
>>other as well as Gambians against Gambians through his tribalistic
>>favouritism,until fighting breaks out among the people and he will use the
>>occasion to
>>murder those he wants to get rid of en masse with the help of rebels who
>>are used
>>to spilling blood and other ugly acts, and perhaps also with the help of
>>his
>>friends across the border in Casamance.
>>He is foolish enough to have this vision and to believe that he can then
>>go
>>off and establish his Jola kingdom.
>>He is not fooling anyone.
>>
>>Jabou Joh
>>
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