Hi, Saiks happy new year to you, Sister Ndye, and Baa Sambou. Tell Ndye I heard her message in my phone and was awaiting to hear again, any way give all of them my best wishes Ba Sambou in particular. >From: saikss <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Is Senghor a true son of Africa or not? >Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:43:44 +0100 > >Dyda, > >Fanon wrote: > > > > > > > "Sealed into that crushing objecthood,I turned beseechingly to >others.Their >attention was a liberation,running over my body suddenly abraded into >nonbeing,endowing me once more with an agibility that I thought lost,and by >taking me out of the world,restoring me to it.But just as I reched the >other >side,I stumbled,and the movements,the attitudes,the glances of the other >fixed me there,in the sense in which a chemical solution is fixed by a >dye.I >was ingignant;I demanded an explaination.Nothing happened.I burst apart.Now >the fragments have been put together again by another self……" > >It was not the African people who were looking for recognition from the >White. >For them it was a question of the right to self-determination. It was the >responsibility and duty of the White to recognised and respect what is >different from them. > However Seng, like many of his counterparts did fought to get this >recognition, one, their contribution in mastering and advancing the >Culture; >the literature, the Lanuage, the philosophy etc of the White man, has been >of >great significance, Seng will always be remembered for such a great role. >It was no accident, or intellectual inferior complex why Anta Jobe insisted >that had Seng understood the great African civilisations were built by men >of >great minds he would not have attributed the ability to think to one race >but >understand that it is human. Negritude lived to demand recognisation from >the >White Man and this was not the agenda of the African people and thus this >Ideology as a political movement lived to exist only in the heads of its >founders. >Yes it is true that when we have to judge the importance of a political >party >in terms of the number of seats they have in parliament then LDMPT,Ande >Jeff, >etc will be of little significance. But if we are to see politics from a >wider >perspective, away from that narrow definition then we will see the >importance >of these parties in the political development of Senegal. After Seng, the >involvement of these Political parties, he banned, proved that Senegal was >denied the contribution of some of the greatest minds in Senegal.Infact if >they happen to be able to win only one seat, it is democratic for those who >voted for them to be represented by those they voted for. The fact that >they >were invited to the reconciliation governement, with LDMPT having two >ministerial posts, shows that it is far from the truth that these were >insignificant political parties in Senegal.Ande Jeff played, perhaps the >greatest role in bringing and holding alive the coalition of opposition >parties that brought the PS government out of power. For almost 15 years >Ande >Jeff have been struggling to hold this alliance together with all the >contradictions that were involved. This is the very reason why all these >political parties are over seeing important ministerial post as Works and >Communication.Seng had a great problem in handling his opponent, he was >very >brutal, no compromise, he will also be remembered. The role and position of >these political parties, since after Abdou Joof lifted the ban on them >proved >that there banning was undemocratic. >I never said that Seng was able stop the Gambia from getting independence, >he >could never do so, there was no power on earth that could stop the Gambian >masses from gaing their Independence, and they were very determind. What I >said was that he worked against the Independence of the Gambia. That he was >more interested in having the Gambia been part of Senegal. Even the cross >boarder attacked on poor, defenceless Gambian farmers by the Senegalese >army >was seen as a deliberate effort to provoke a military conflict that would >give >the Senegalese army and explanation to invade the Gambia. >If the Senegalese army participated in the Liberation war in Guinea Bissau >it >was not to help the PAIGC to liberate the conutry. The Senegalese army >killed >and short at PAIGC arm forces. I have since been marking consultation on >your >assertion that Senegalese forces were fighting together with the Liberation >forces without any success. What is known is that Seng have been given >support >to the known anti PAIGC party who were based in Senegal, thanks to the >efforts >of the Bissauian people, Savimbi never emerged in this spart of the >continent. >In fact many are saying that the tension between these two countries are as >a >result of the role that Senegal was playing in that war. >Wishing you and all at the POINT a happy new year. > >For Freedom >Saiks > > > > > > > >===== Original Message From The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> ===== > >Deyda, I think you are missing the point about Seng. The issue about >Seng. > >Is not about the platitude of the philosophy or doctrine of negritude, >far > >From it. After all Seng. Lived in an era when black people all over the > >World were struggling for recognition, hence the slogans "black is > >Beautiful" "black power" am "black > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>