Mr. O.B. SILLA,

You got this right. There are a whole bunch of African intellectuals the likes of Dr. Ayiteh who have failed us. A lot of them are enjoying too much of "milk and honey" somewhere in the west, and because they`ve been made celebrities by their western friends, they tend to forget their connection to their origins and their responsibility towards the enlightenment of their brothers and sisters in the continent. It is even disgusting that some of them are becoming spokesmen or women for us, and Dr. Ayiteh having the guts to underscore Kwame and Nyerere`s achievements is apalling to me. It should be interesting to know what the Dr has contributed in improving the lives of the average Ghanaian.

This is a problem. Our intellectuals no doubt have the know how, and this means that they`ve mastered a particular descipline, and if that is the case how comes they`re failing to give us a constructive diagnosis of issues affecting us and our developement. Among other things they`ve failed to tell us that blacks were victims of Hitler`s Germany, and all that we`ve learnt about the holocaust is the demise of Jews.

How about charging these so-called intellectuals for breach of responsibility? And I hope that Dr. Ayiteh responds to the challenge of Halifa sallah, then I`m sure he will get back to his senses.

Regards,
Omar.
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>Gambia-Lers,
>
>Therefore, Ebrima Ceesay (Coach) could not have been more right to say/throw
>the challenge that as a result of the numerous failures and distortions of
>historical and other facts by our pseudo-intellectuals; that it is time we
>scrutinize their (the dishonest ones) inclined rational or creative thoughts
>on their topics of discussion.
>
>For we have seen and read so many of these insidious articles/docmentaries of
>late and one of those that sprung up to my mind immediately is the article on
>the Late Julius Kambarage Nyerere by Professors Ayitteh and Ludovich.  This
>writers painted a grim and gloomy  picture of the achievements of both Dr.
>Kwame Nkrumah and Mwalimu Nyerere while deliberately negating or discounting
>any contributions they have made towards the advancement of the peoples of
>their countries in particular and African/World in general in various spheres
>of life.  Conversely, reading between the lines in "Foroyaa's" postings
>countering Prof. Ayiteh and Ludovich's, one deciphers/decodes the deceptive
>nature of the pseudo-intellectual.  It is not surprising therefore, that we
>the young ones always ask the 64,000 dollar mind-boggling question:  Why is
>Africa the way it is despite, all the "nominal" intellectuals we have both
>within and outside the continent?
>
>Can anyone help me answer this question including those elite groups
>themselves?
>
>Lord help Africa.
>
>OB.
>
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