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>From: Jamila Allston <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR.
>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:37:05 -0800
>
>Brother Wole,
>
>    With all due respect in this holy time of Ramadan, I must ask why do
>we continue to deny who we are/were before the bringing about of Islam
>and Christanity throughout Africa.  Why does it always come down to a
>war between Islam and Christanity?  Didn't we as Africans have a
>wonderful sense of Spirtutaliy, Morality and Cultural before the advent
>of either religions?  Why must we as Africans always have to deny our
>African roots, culture and customs?  What is so wrong with embracing
>our African past and it's spirituality?  And in our many African
>societies, it was understood that we were embracing a universal
>creator, regardless of the name that each group called him.
>
>   These questions are asked with respect and sincerity.  In fact, my
>sons are Muslims and one is fasting for Ramadan.  Yet as an African
>born in America and brutality stripped of my African past via the
>horrific slave trade (reprentative of millions of us), the question
>becomes one of why bother trying to embrace my African past if these
>are my only two alternatives; alternatives that also require the denial
>of who we are/were as Africans prior to the acceptance of these
>alternatives as the "correct" and "only" way of life.
>
>   Peace
>
>                       Jamila
>
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>
>
>--- Elow Wole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Whether motivated by greed, ethnicity, or simply, a lust for power,
> > the
> > quest for dominance is always prevalent in Africa, and the West
> > alike.
> > Surely, we're yet to be blessed with a true leader who understands
> > the true
> > meaning of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
> >
> > Who can honestly claim that this cyber forum is "fruitful", and bears
> > genuine results.  Personally, I don't see the need to have 3,4,5,6, -
> > infinite organisations all fighting for the same purpose.  If one
> > truly
> > wants to be part of this change, one must consider going back home
> > and have
> > one's vote counted (I don't need to hear about ballot politics, for
> > all I
> > know, that's option #1).  As citizens of The Gambia, let's be
> > reminded once
> > more to uphold the TRUE meaning of our national anthem, ..."Let
> > JUSTICE
> > guide our actions, towards the common good."  Cyberchatting won't
> > solve our
> > problems.  Instead, it spreads the rumours.  As much as we recite our
> > national anthem, has anyone ever stopped to think about who wrote it.
> > Obviously, that person must have thought we are a Christian country.
> > If I
> > had to edit it, I would probably rewrite the whole script.  One word
> > I would
> > definitely change is, " GOD to ALLAH."
> >
> > Happy Ramadan to EVERYONE!  ...
> >
> > Essa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY IN THE GAMBIA (UK)"
> > >       <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR.
> > >Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 03:39:13 -0000
> > >
> > ><< Chairman_sofficialstatement(MRDGUK).doc >>
> >
> >
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