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Re: the choice in 2011 - kingdom or empire
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Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:43:45 +0000
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And yes Dr. Jaiteh. We all will then march gallantly back to the future behind our new Emperor With No Clothes! Thanks for the amusing idea.

Baba

> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:01:04 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: the choice in 2011 - kingdom or empire
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Should Gambians decide to do away with a republic for monarchy, I would
> dare suggest they chose empire over kingdom for the following reasons:
> 1. We will be the only by popular demand empire in the whole of Africa,
> may be the world should we decide there is no American empire!
> 2. While a king may sound and look cool, an emperor sounds even more
> majestic and grander.
> 3. An empire will best suit the chiefs as they can easily rename their
> districts as kingdoms and not to lose out the Koringholu and Nyancholu
> will take their rightful place as king-makers.
> 4. the Mandingmorri will become the soothsayers and the Jula sankaranka,
> bankers and stock market brokers!
> 5. everybody else serfs in the great empire call (??) Haruna what do we
> call it?
> 6. no more military coup, just palace coups
>
> the trouble of course is empires need to conquer to prosper but
> geopolitical situation "island-state" makes that a little challenging
> though not impossible.
>
>
> What a wonderful world it will be :)
>
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>
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