Ansumana:

I am consumed by the planning of the July Fourth in Atlanta, but I cannot miss
your unsubstantiative criticism of Halifa's piece. You questioned his intellect,
his writing, and what you called a "Dry Intellectual". What in the world is a
"dry intellectual", and please avoid the rhetorical, we want substance.

Thanks

Musa Jeng

Ansumana Kujabi wrote:

> I must say that Mr. Ebou Colly and Mr. Dampha are prudent intellectuals who
> have not only accurately pin-pointed the major weaknesses in the writings of
> Foroyaa, but also vividly exposed the disorganized nature and dishonesty of
> the writings in talking about the Coroner's Inquest and the so-called
> Commission of Inquiry. Colly put it best: "Sometimes when they want to talk
> about a spot in the moon, they would first take you on a ride at different
> spots in the surrounding stars until you sometimes end up being totally lost
> in the galaxy." This description of Halifa Sallah's writing is a fair
> characterization. Halifa Sallah is a very "dry Intellectual" who is
> sometimes dishonest in presenting his views on a particular issue; and this
> kind of approach tends to throw readers off. Ever since I was in high in the
> 1980s, when Foroyaa was at its highest point in shaping the political debate
> in the country at the time, I could hardly consolidate or even understand
> what they were highlighting about the Jawara Administration. Foroyaa's
> writings sometimes resembles a day-dreamer's dream, which is solely based on
> images cultivating in the mind and not realities.
>
> His(Halifa Sallah) writings are absolutely weird, with a weird name hair and
> look and personality, no wonder his organization and arrangements of ideas
> are also weird. And in writing about the Coroners Inquest and the so-called
> Commission of Inquiry, Halifa took a may-we-go-round before coming to the
> central question. What I don't understand is the weirdness in the writings
> of an intellectual like Halifa, someone whom to my judgement is also fit to
> run for the highest Office of the Land; but yet, judging by his recent
> writings, it seems as if he is indirectly campaigning for the monster child
> murderer President. Is Halifa being paid by the child murderer, or is he
> just advancing his honest ideas? That should be a course of concern for all
> Intellectuals in the Country. Or should we put forward the question that
> there is vacancy for prudent and seasoned Intellectuals in the Country? I
> don't so. We only happened to have the "Dry Intellectuals" like Halifa who
> only gives us empty bones in their writings, instead of giving us meat. I
> think, taking into account the prevailing precarious circumstances in our
> beautiful country, The Gambia, we humbly deserve honest, well-thoughtful,
> well-organized and seasoned intellectual contributions, and not a sheer dry,
> pathetic and bizarre writings. In conclusion, I do however commend every
> body, including Halifa for their valuable contributions. Keep Hope Alive.
>
> Ansumana Kujabi
> Concerned citizen
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