Mr. sanneh, understandably, your hands are tight on commenting about Gambia,
but on the rest of Africa, the gloom and doom scenario painted by western and
some African intellectuals shows a vicarious picture whereby, the average
African is gradually loosing hope in salvaging their sociopoliticoeconomic
system[s]. Africa, is hell-bent and cornered on two extremes, on one end is
ABSOLUTE SUBLIMITY [IMF, World bank, the Military Industrial Complex, WTO,
the Gang of 7, Biotechnology Industry i.e. genetic tampering/patenting ,
etc.] and on the other, ULTIMATE EVIL [merchants of misery, unnecessary war,
famine, military takeovers, ETC]. As the late Dr. John Henrick Clarke
reiterated, Africa's problems lies with its politicians, educators and
intellectuals. Wherein, the common man/woman in other continents aspires to a
higher and wider horizons, Africans would celebrate foreign concepts and
perpetrated schemes/policies rammed down their throats, even in the presence
of warnings, that such theories, are convincing, but practically, illogically
illogical, as these are solely based on fable principles of economic theories
of Adam Smith, Malthus, Keynes, Chicago Oxford Yale and MIT Schools of 'myth
making'. In narrowing my scope of argument to the last 500 years, the
dissemination of Africa through slavery [not sidetracking the Arab role] and
colonialism, marauders, drafted a blueprint for Africa's gloom and doom by
guaranteeing a nonrecovery catastrophic violent and economic enforcement of
developmental policies such as: the scramble for Africa, destabilizing forces
after independence, IMF/World bank policies, constructive engagement, triumph
of democracy and free markets, WTO, cold war [east-west conflict, nothing
more than a metaphor of north-south subjugation] through an indoctrinal
system of masters ruling and commissary class following. The north's
[developed nations] master plan for the South [underdeveloped] was, and will
always be, that the latter, serves as a 'SERVICE FUNCTION' whose sole is for
investments, raw materials, pollution export, etc. Statements and documents
relating to the New World Order [NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM], Magna Carta and NSC
68, are best evidence of this assertions. Each and every successful developed
western power, without exception, succeeded in their developmental path
violating the same IMF/World Bank rules, now enforced on 3rd world [some
might call them 1st world] nations; subsidies, freeing up market economies,
opening up to foreign investments, privatization, etc. The 18th century steel
industry, 19th century textile, 20th century computers and the impending 21st
century biotechnology and patenting of genes [animals and plants],
materialized because of heavy governmental subsidies, import substitutions,
protectionism and high tariffs, the same denied to developing African
countries. Let's take the case of Gambia, which according to your posting,
surprisingly made the 4% list, even in the presence of shortfalls arising out
of the 'groundnuts debacle', positioned # 18 [within Africa] in arms and
armament procurements [official] compared to GDP, uneven balance of trade and
payments, low productive capacity and increasing population growth, the
overwhelming Gambian citizens, excluding those living abroad, who by the way
are bankrolling the economy through remittance of foreign exchange to their
families, are in the worst precarious conditions ever. The 5 and 10 year
development plans, Structural Adjustment Programs and the Yahya
Jammeh/Dominic Mendy a la vision 2000 hoax, haven't produced an iota of
productive base, whereby the massive poor are salvaged from misery instead,
the minuscule few, experienced grandeur and illicit wealth at the expense of
the young generation. I would like to put you on the spot...let's forward the
calender to year 2001...Gambian newspapers headlines: APRC government looses
election to coalition parties...DR, Sidi Sanneh accepts Policy Analysis
position. What policies would you initiate to rescue Gambia from the economic
conundrum/malaise that it's submerged in. If you have to, respond in the
third person, perhaps such policy advice could be utilized by the next regime
to SOS Gambia.
RESPECT DUE.
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