Binneh, yes indeed Yaya is a tribalist and has conned some Jolas to support him blindly. However, 80% of who is around Yaya is not Jola, but Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, etc. If Yaya is performing any Jola ritual, these people are right there dancing with him and acting more Jola than Jolas. Look at the Assembly for instance, how many are Jola in that body? How about the Judges that do his bidding? The SOS's? The Ambassadors? Look at his business partners: Amadou Samba, Tarik Musa, Baba Jobe, Lang Conteh, etc. I believe sycophancy, "Badolah- the habit aspect" and "Seyborru" is more of a Gambian problem. Regardless of their ethnic persuasion, those that embark on "Seyborru" are flexible and can adapt or cling to any "Khaftan" or "Mboubu". If Gambians will drop this habit by 50% our Yaya problem will be almost solved. If sycophancy around Yaya is none existent, you will be surprised how lonely Yaya will stand alone with very few Jolas around, if any. That same sycophancy is what kept Jawara at the switch, sleeping, for almost 30 years. Nearly all that are around Yaya today were around Jawara during the first republic. Still, Yaya is a tribalist and must be brought down to earth. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Binneh S Minteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: ANOTHER RWANDA LURKING BEHING GAMBIANS!! >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:58:02 -0800 > _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~