Ebrima,

Actually, this "Dr Mark" is on the faculty at Austin Peay State University in
Clarkesville, Tennessee, just about 30 minutes from Nashville. I met him once
at the airport in Gambia, in 1997 on his way back to the U.S. He had
apparently just left Gambia a couple of weeks before I met him there. This
was according to a friend of mine, Dr Mary Mbosowo, who was on the faculty
here at TSU. Mary was the one who initiated the study abroad program to the
Gambia, and Mark and others then joined her in taking students. She was
surprised that Mark was back in Gambia only days after they all left there
that summer when I told her about meeting him.
I remember he came over to a table I was sitting at having refreshments after
checking in at the airport. He introduced himself, and we talked for quite a
while. He told me at the time that he wanted to be given the contract to set
up the Gambia University, but that he did not get much cooperation from the
people  in charge of this. He also spoke about several business ideas that
would work well in Gambia, but at the time, i thought he was saying these
things because he found out I was interested in business. He never once
mentioned that he had any shares in any business in Gambia.  I have since
seen him at a  distance, at a
couple of functions at TSU, but never spoke to him. Mary Mbosowo is no longer
here, having transferred to Oklahoma State.
Tell your sources that there is no group out here in Nashville stopping
anyone from criticizing the Jammeh regime. if they think they are, then it
must be a figment of their imagination.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 1/4/01 10:06:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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 Gambia-L:

 The unedited e-mail below came from a concerned Gambian.

 Ebrima

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 >To: [log in to unmask]
 >Subject: Dr. Stovall , Romana et al
 >Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 19:55:19 -0000
 >
 >Hi Coach
 >
 >You may not know me but I know you very well. You really doing a good job
 >on the L. Since I am not yet a subscriber, I thought you could forward this
 >corroboration of the facts contained in the message by a concerned Gambian
 >about Dr. Stovall's forays into The Gambia. I can tell that our concerned
 >friend is telling the truth because I know this Dr. Mark. He is from
 >Nashville, Tennessee and is a lecturer in political science at Tennessee
 >State University. He along with some other fat-headed African Americans are
 >very close to Jammeh, whom they take to be the greatest African alive
 >today. Of course the piece on Romana hotel is very true. I know that the
 >hotel is now owned by Dr. Mark and other African Americans in Nashville and
 >elsewhere. These guys actually have a pro-Jammeh group in Nashville and God
 >help anyone who speaks ill of the dictator in their presence. We all must
 >come together to expose the Stovalls and the Marks for what they are:
 >Hypocrites and parasites.
 >Peace
 > >>

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