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 > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------