Sister Jabou

Although I have high regards for you, but I think that this time you
over-reacted to Jay's post.  Jabou why do you think that the sister was
referring to you and even if she was, I think that the decent thing that you
should have done was to send her a private mail instead of sending it to the
L.  But as the saying goes:'An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are
mention'.

Sister we are all in the same boat - you are not the only Gambian be it man
or woman to marry to a foreigner.

Have a nice day.

Awa.


>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: To Wuri Jallow/ Mrs M.C.Jallow
>Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:15:26 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/5/00 9:10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
><< As a people our lives as Africans are worthless to this group. Some of
>us
>can marry white people, come with them to Africa, baptize them and call
>them
>Muhammed or Aja Basse, yet in the eyes of the Western power brokers we
>remain
>nothing but primates at the very beginning of the evolutionary chain!!
>
>  All the best,
>  Jay.
>  *************************************************
>Jainaba Jallow a.k.a Wuri Jallow a.k.a Sister Jay a.k.a Neneh Galleh but
>actually Mrs M.C Jallow, wife of Jammeh's Secretary of State for
>..............
>
>Jai,
>
>You and I have not seen each other since you were a high school student at
>St
>Joseph's, and  put in the care of my late mom.  This was in 1980 at my
>family
>compound at Wellington St.Your first cousin Ebou Joh, son of my brother
>Mamballa Joh being the reason you were entrusted to my mom. I remember you
>as
>a bright young girl who spent a lot of time chatting with me, and i enjoyed
>your company quite a bit infact.
>In 1980, my ex husband Dr Jay Siebert came to the Gambia where he converted
>to islam, we got married and he  was given the name of Muhammed by my late
>dad. You were living with us then, so your above statement is not lost on
>me.
>
>I was married to him for 15 years, and he is the father of all four of my
>kids, and he and i are still the best of friends, and he is no racist.I
>know
>enough not to  lay the burden of those who practice racism on his
>shoulders,
>nor does he carry it, and we did not get married to assimilate America into
>Africa.It was strictly a matter of the heart as it should be.
>
>I agree with you that racism is a reality, and that the U.S and other
>western
>nations do consider Africa and Africans dispensable, and that we should
>indeed be our own keeper as a matter of fact.Those who know me well will
>never define me as someone who advocates dependency on outsiders as our
>saviours.
>
>The "Declaration of independence " I re-sent to the L was intended to
>convey
>a message that I am sure all intelligent people in this forum understood. I
>hope that those who took it as an appeal to the U.S and others to save us
>are
>limited to just one and that is unfortunate since i always believed you
>were
>a rather intelligent young lady.
>What problem exactly do you have with me Jai?
>  Is it because of my last post to the L in which I made the statement that
>no
>decent Gambian will serve under the jammeh regime, and you are upset
>because
>your husband is a secretary of state under this regime?
>I have seen you use all these aliases on your posts to the L, and you give
>a
>pretty convincing picture of someone who is on the side of justice with
>your
>expressions of solidarity with Baba Galleh Jallow and your references to
>our
>salvation from dictatorships etc. You had me convinced that you were infact
>on the side of the truth, and i was quite proud of you.
>
>This subtle attack on me has made me change my mind Jai, and i am
>dissappointed.
>I would never have mentioned your aliases, and I knew it was you all along,
>and even considered writing you privately to say hi and offer some
>encouragement and sdvice, but i could not resist sending this response
>when
>i saw your post.
>It is too bad that i had to write this, but you left me no choice.
>
>
>Jabou Joh
>
>
>
>
>
>   >>
>
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