>From: Madiba Saidy <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Prof. Lamin Sanneh - Yale University >Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:57:14 -0800 > >Folks: > >I just returned to the office from a lecture presented by Lamin Sanneh, >D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity / Professor >of History at Yale University (former Professor at Harvard University >for eight years). It was quite an informative and exciting lecture on the >adequacies and inadequacies of the separation of church and state from >both islamic and western perpectives, islamic fundamentalism, secular >fundamentalism and bridging the divide thro' sustained critical dialogue >about faith, history, values and public policy. > >lamin really made me proud as a Gambian, as a Georgetownian in particular >(on my mom's side), where he hails. I was honored to have a brief chat >with him during the discussion/reception session after the talk. He is >(should be) an inspiration to some of us that are just starting our >careers in academia. > >By the way, whatever happended to the database of Gambian intellectuals in >the diaspora? I believe it was Ebrima Ceesay that was thinking of compilation. >I think that should be a good resource for the up and comers and the >younger generation to look up to and not the kleptocracy and mediocrity >that prevails back home! > >Cheers! > >Madiba K. Saidy, >Vancouver, Canada. > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<> > >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] > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>