Gambia-L:

The e-mail below, is a clarification from Brother Tijan Jobarteh, in
connection with the article on/about him by Charisse, and which article I
forwarded to the L, the other day, from "The Black World Today" Web Page.

Regards,
Ebrima



>From: "Tijan Jobarteh" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Clarifications
>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 20:50:15 -0000
>
>Ebrima,
>
>I tried to post this to the L but couldn't. Could you please forward it?
>
>Of course, I'm misquoted. Charisse seems to have been mostly interested in
>writing a fictional piece, only using facts from an interview I granted
>with much intention to expose the Dumo case at that time. I saw the article
>for the first time yesterday, by way of a forward.
>
>Some clarifications:
>
>1.  I went home in 1994 after 10 years in the states.
>
>2.  My programming job was not the reason why I was suspended. As you know,
>I was also responsible for operations at the inception of the TV. GAMTEL's
>reason was GRTS's failure to cover the laying of the foundation stone of
>the WAII in 1997 by the then vice chairman of AFPRC. In the interview, of
>course I listed some of the documentaries aired, but this has no bearing on
>how the quotations spelled it out in Charisse's article. For example, the
>part about me wanting to change the format "from mainly soccer games and
>local soap operas" is purely a distortion of what we were talking about.
>
>3.  I'm a member of Boka Loho Organisation and not "the main coordinator".
>The Boka Loho Multi-purpose centre is still functional by the way.
>
>4.  As all will know, it was 4 presidential candidates and not "20" as
>stated.
>
>I'll take up these issues with Charisse, and also with the editor of The
>Black World Today.
>
>Tijan
>

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