Congratulations Brother, Gambia IS proud of you!!! Your groundbreaking is an inspiration to the rest of us to put the pieces back together on the home front. Cheers, Dagmar Christensen >From: Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Gambian Elected to his local City Council in Finland >Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 02:50:59 +0200 > >Well done Bakary.Or shall i say TERVE. > >Its' interesting to read your victory for the city council seat in >Lappeenranta,Finland. >As africans living in the western world specially scandinavia is the first >time to my >knowlegge a Gambian elected for a council seat in any of this five northern >countries, >So as others commented is time for you to setup a good example for your >brothers/sisters >in Finland,And be skilled with the issues confronting our people in the >country that >means you should never be afraid to speak out for equal rights and >justice,Thats' all democracy >is about.Best wishes and keep up the good work. > >Fye.F.Samateh >In Oslo. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "boubacarr touray" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 10:19 AM >Subject: Re: Gambian Elected to his local City Council in Finland > > > > Congratulation Bakary , you made it . We all gambians living in Finland >Are > > very much proud of you. We always want you to redouble your efford and > > prepaire to face die hard critics . > > You´ve now paved the way for other gambians to do as we did in > > finland.Gambians, support your fellow gambians or Africans to play a > > meaningfull role in the society.I hope many will follow now. > > Kiitos Bakary , Ja toivotta sinut kaikki > > mailmassæ. > > Bob > > Oslo > > > > > > >From: Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]> > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Gambian Elected to his local City Council in Finland > > >Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:49:51 EDT > > > > > >It is interesting what democracy could bring. > > >Bakary Simon Bojang originally from the Gambia and been in Finland >since > > >1989 > > >has won a City council election and will be serving his city >Lappeenranta > > >for > > >a four year term. > > >For those who might not know Baks, he is a dormant member of this >forum. He > > >was born in Brikama and left the Gambia like most of us for greener > > >pastures > > >and have always been interested in politics. He has been a member of >the > > >City > > >of Lappeenranta cultural affairs committee board and second member of >the > > >city council. He will be taking his new position on November 1st. > > >Bakary, I wish you all the best in your endeavors. Remember to put the > > >interest of your people first. My best regards to you and your family. > > > > > >Ousman Bojang. > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L > > >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > >You may also send subscription requests to > > >[log in to unmask] > > >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >your > > >full name and e-mail address. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L > > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] > > if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >your full name and e-mail address. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. 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