Ousman Ndow, Kebba Dampha: Thanks for the genuine comments. They are most
appreciated. By the way, do feel free to drop me a private e-mail if need
be.

I have to say that Prince Obrien Coker whom I have great respect for, and
who can in fact be my Dad, did write to me and Fatou Taal privately, the
other day; and I did promise him that I was not going to reply to Salieu
Taal's e-mail. In fact, it even turned out that Ebou Taal was named after
the very person I was also named after.

However, when I reached home and found these nasty/insulting messages on my
phone from a female member of the Taal family with what sounded like an
American accent, I had no option then, except to reply to Salieu Taal in the
way I did. I hardly lose my control, but this was too much for me to bear.

In fact, I have been a member of Gambia-L for two years now, and apart from
Matarr Njie, I have never had any bitter exchanges with any member. Yes,
there were disagreements here and there, but they were not ugly ones. I have
always exercised restraints. Remember that Kenneth Best is my mentor. So
this quality was instilled in me from day one.

But I've also observed that some (not MOST) members of Gambia-L want to
abuse this privilege. One late lesson I've learnt is that some of the people
on the L, in my view, certainly do not deserve "masla". One has to be
direct, abrupt and even nasty, if need be, with them.

Anyway, I am glad that Sal Taal got my message clear, and that is even
reflected in his second posting to me. And by the way, when I say "my day
will come", which sounded pompous to Essa and Matarr Sajaw, I was actually
making a statement which Sal Taal understood well. Unlike Essa Thomas and
Matarr, Salieu Taal did not read that statement out of context. He
understood what I meant.

You see, Matarr, no one can change the facts of history: contrary to what
you are saying, I am actually a very humble guy who has come from a very
humble background. People who know me well will attest to that fact.

Anyway, in conclusion, I have to say that I have always loved or adored
Gambia-L and, certainly, I am very grateful to all the managers of this site
who have provided me with a JUST and FAIR medium to express myself for two
years now.

I do not think I can even find the right choice of words to express
publicly, how grateful I am to all of them (the managers) for all their
support and advice/guidance over the period. But after long hours of sober
thinking and reflection, I have now come to the conclusion that I need to
call it a day! It is surely a very regretful decision, but an inevitable
one.

So, I'll work on a sober/formal or a well-thought-out final posting sometime
next week, and send it to the L which is, for sure, going to be my lasting
contribution to this forum. As for my sources in the Gambia, I hope they can
identify someone on the L whom they can trust and work with.

But I have to say at the onset, that given the rate with which my sources do
send in their articles, one has to sacrifice some of his or her working
hours to be able to do the job very effectively.

In my own case, I had to cut 11 hours from my working hours, in order to
give priority to my sources' e-mails. By the way, I still have some e-mails
from my sources on the latest in Banjul, in my other hotmail account, but
which account I still cannot access. Once I access my other hotmail account,
I'll send these last e-mails to the L.

Anyway, as I said earlier on, I'll work on a sober/formal final posting and
send it to the L some time next week, before signing off for good.

Ebrima Ceesay,
Birmingham, UK.

Aminata Lamin: Why didn't you join Gambia L until when I am about to leave?
(laugh)

Ebou Janha: Coach or Oyster here! To you too, why didn't you subscribe to
Gambia L all these years - until now - when I am about to sign off for good?
(laugh) Anyway, I hope both you and Aminata Lamin would find this medium
useful and informative. I for one have found it to be so.











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