Ebrima,
Thanks a lot for the tip. Together with the suggestions that I've received
privately I'm sure he can extract most, if not all of the info he needs.
Well, that was a cold bath we got from Owen and Liverpool. I just couldn't
believe it. Wonderful game though it was.
Regards,
Kabir.
"Ebrima Ceesay" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kabirr:
>
> Pre-Independence politics in The Gambia, unfortunately, attracted scant
> attention from historians or political scientists and, as a result, Pa
> Edward Francis Small's enormous contributions to Gambian political life
are
> not very well documented. As far as I know, the only important sources (on
> Pa Edward Francis Small) are Dr Jabez Ayo Langley's book, "Pan-Africanism
> and Nationalism in West Africa: 1900-1945", and Dr David Perfect's Ph.D
> Thesis, "Organised Labour and Politics in The Gambia, 1920-1984".
>
> A third source would be the book, edited by Professor Arnold Hughes,
> entitled "The Gambia: Studies in Society and Politics". This book has a
very
> detailed chapter on the political career of Edward Francis Small, written
by
> Dr David Perfect. Another useful source is the "African Affairs" Journal -
> 88: 549-72. In it, there is a very useful piece, captioned "Trade Unionism
> in The Gambia", by Arnold Hughes and David Perfect. But, up to now, the
two
> main sources for/on Edward Francis Small remain Dr Langley who discusses
> politics in The Gambia in the 1920s in his book cited above, and Dr David
> Perfect's 1987 Ph.D Thesis.
>
> Anyway, if you send me your postal address privately, I can send you
> photocopies of these materials.
>
> Regards,
> Ebrima
>
> PS: By the way, let's hope that the FA cup is going to be won by Arsenal
> tommorow. I am glad that Dennis Bergkamp has passed his fitness test, and
> the question now is, who partners Thierry Henry in the attack? Would it be
> Dennis Bergkamp, Sylvian Wiltord or Kanu?
>
>
>
> >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: Help!:Edward Small's biography.
> >Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 12:31:36 +0200
> >
> >Hello!
> >
> >The mail below is from a friend who's doing some research for a planned
> >work that would include Pa Edward Small's contribution on the Liberation
> >Struggle. Is there by any chance any one out there who can be of any
help?
> >anything any one may have may be of value. Thanks.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Kabir.
> >
> >PS: you can also email me privately at [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:17 PM
> >Subject: Small's brief biography.
> >
> >
> >Dear Kabirr,
> >
> >Many thanks for forewarding the biography of Small to me. It was useful
> >though I will appreciate it very much if the formation of the trade
unions
> >could be put in juxtaposition with the background and circumstances that
> >made Small to blaze the trail. Can you think of a good Samaritan who can
> >save the day?
> >
> >
> >Regards and best wishes!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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