Soffie, thank you for this wonderful tribute to Satang. Our responsibility as lovers of progress is to pick up from where she left off to reach her intended destination - liberation of the youth, women, and those at the bottom of our society. We cannot be tired now, for we have a big task ahead of us. Let us continue to push for change, as she did to her end. If we were fighting at 100%, let us increase out effort to 150% and more until our task is accomplished - getting rid of the AFPRC for good. Satang may not have physically reached the promised land with us, but we as a people will reach there with Satang if we continue to fight as she did. I did not know her personally, but have read and followed her works and the many kind words and tribute to her legacy is a clear testimony of what she stood for. The struggle continues. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: "Ceesay, Soffie" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Thanking You >Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 05:58:18 -0800 > >On behalf of Satang's family and on behalf of all those who looked up to >her >as a model for what and how they can contribute to a better society in the >Gambia and the world over, thank you. Thank you for the words, the >feelings, and the support. Satang will live in our hearts and in our >conduct as we pick up from where she left off. Her work and her writings >speak to who this woman was and I am honored to have known her, however >briefly. I wish and I wish and I wish for so many things that we could >have >done together, with her guiding me, us, everyone, to help bring about the >kinds of opportunities for our women and youth that we yearn. She acted >and >she was effective. She has touched so many lives. > >To those who still support the AFPRC and think they are good for the >country, take your blinders off. They are a source of grief for all >forward >thinking Gambians and have been the number one source of grief to my >departed sister. The harassment and the threats from the NIA as well as >the >taunts added to her stress no end. Her position has always been to help >Gambia's disenfranchised secure a chair at the policy table and for that >the >AFPRC and the NIA targeted her. > >Well, her work, which was her life, will not be in vain. > >Again, thank you. > >Soffie B. Ceesay > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~