>From: omar joof <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: ANOTHER RWANDA LURKING BEHING GAMBIANS!! >Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:29:27 +0000 > >Sister Jabou, >Great Britain was made up of the English, the Scotish, the Welsh and >Irish. >These are called nations. When the British colonialist arrived on the banks >of the river Gambia, they found there the Mandinka, the fulani, the wollof >and Jola amongst others, but they were called tribes. It is fundamental for >us to understand that in order to justify the establishment of an unjust >and >exploitative regime over our peoples, the colonialists had to use with >regard them terms which paint deplorable pictures of them. In colonialist >discourse, the terms tribe, ethnic and native, were always used with >derogative connotations. It is sad to note that many years after political >independence, we still regard ourselves as belonging to tribe E or Y >thereby >embracing the colonialists' depiction of what we are. >The colonialists used such narrow segmentations to divide and rule us. In >the post independence era also, selfish politicians use them for purposes >of >political self-perpetuation. For a people whose present circumstance is >deplorable and the future blurred, the good old days mostly serve as a >bastion of solace. This rekindles ancient glories and grandeurs, which >provide succour for the frustrated mind. There is a deviation here which >serves the purposes of failed politicians. The realities of the present are >forgotten and ancient rivalries which have no bearings on our present >predicament, take center stage. Our energies which should be used in >creative work for development and advancement, are used instead in tearing >us apart and advancing the interests of those who wish to establish a >regime >of manipulation over us. >We should indeed discuss all forms of fragmented nationalism, especially >when that is the crux of our detractor's strategy. Let me remind our Jola >Brethren that we may feel the heat on us because Yaya Jammeh is one of >us.But that is to say if we see ourselves in the deplorable state in which >the colonialists wanted us to be seen. We indeed have certain things in >common with him which we can never deny. That is why when he goes wrong, we >should be the first to tell him that he has blundered. Matters that have to >do with the Republic of the Gambia, have nothing to do with tribe. None of >our peoples should benefit or be victimized because of matters that have >more to do with their history than present realities. >However, when a regime combines the characteristics of arrogance and >ignorance, it fans sentiments that can tear the nation apart. GOD SAVE THE >GAMBIA! >Omar Joof. > > >>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: ANOTHER RWANDA LURKING BEHING GAMBIANS!! >>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:03:40 EST >> >>Binneh & Elhadj, >> >>Yaya Jammeh is not only a tribalist, but he is trying to set up a Jola >>kingdom. That is the reason he has made Kanilai, right there at the foot >>of >>Casamance, a capital, otherwise, what is his reasoning? He is preparing >>his >>capital >>for the Kingdom he envisions. >>It is also the reason that he has been meddling in the Casamance affair as >>well as the reason that he was knee deep in the affairs of Guinea Bissau. >>The >>only reason he has given up on Bissau is that Kumba Yalla has no use for >>him. >> >>My theory is that he envisioned a Jola Kingdom comprising of Gambia and >>Casamance and bordering Bissau. >>It is the same reason that he has been amassing arms and supplying them to >>the rebels in Casamance as reported by those who have the evidence. >>It is the same reason that he has been trying to bring friction between >>Gambians and Senegalese through propaganda and the passage of ridiculous >>laws that >>will aggravate the Senegalese. >>It is the same reason that all the rebels from the sub-region have been >>allowed to come to our country and stay there. >>I propose that Yaya Jammeh, like those dictators before him who have used >>the >>same tactics to instigate civil wars so they can have the excuse to let >>loose >>murderous elements into the general populace and get rid of those they >>wanted >>to get rid of, is embarked on the same course unless he is stopped. >>Yaya Jammeh knows that he cannot just attack Senegal outright, and he >>cannot >>kill Gambians en masse although, Lord knows he is picking them off one by >>one. >>The method he wants to use is to pit Senegalese and Gambians against each >>other as well as Gambians against Gambians through his tribalistic >>favouritism,until fighting breaks out among the people and he will use the >>occasion to >>murder those he wants to get rid of en masse with the help of rebels who >>are used >>to spilling blood and other ugly acts, and perhaps also with the help of >>his >>friends across the border in Casamance. >>He is foolish enough to have this vision and to believe that he can then >>go >>off and establish his Jola kingdom. >>He is not fooling anyone. >> >>Jabou Joh >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>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 >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >_________________________________________________________________ >Tax headache? 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