Suntou,
Thanks for sharing my small book with your son. I hope he finds it
interesting. Yes, it is a good idea to have our children in the West read
Gambian literature so they can know their roots. Thank you.
Baba
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:00 AM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I receive the excellent book of poetry by Dr Momodou Sallah last week. I
> gave the book to my son to read it first. He read couple pages and came to
> me saying 'Baba, I think this is meant for grown ups'. I laughed. Dr
> Sallah's book is riveting, compelling and hey contain some mild mature
> themes. I will recommend it to all. Hopefully, very soon, the book will be
> a topic of discussion. Fascinating ideas. I then handover Dr Galleh's book
> 'Mandelas other chidlren' to him. He then turn around and ask, "who is Baba
> Jallow"? I said, go read the bio in the book.
> I hope many us parents with kids in Diaspora can encourage our children to
> read books by our brothers and sisters. Although, Gambian writers then to
> be shy with their work, we can seek the books out, especially with kindle
> versions. This will inspire them, as the mentality and mindset in the west
> is more discouraging for our children. Thanks Dr Sallah for the book. I
> hope we will see a children version of your fascinating poetry mind.
> Suntou
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