A touching narration, indeed. This reminds me of a touching novel, Under the Neem Tree, written by Susan Lowerre, a former peace corps volunteer in Senegal. I recommend it as a useful reading for development agents, anthropologists and other social scientists. Sometimes the naked destitution of our people and the wanton disregard of the political leadership makes you think of harakiri. Thanks for forwarding that piece, Dr. Saine. Hamadi. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------