Sir Coach, Toch nga yakh bi. Thanks for this very favorable review of this small book. Much appreciated. Baba >From: pasamba jow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: MANDELA'S OTHER CHILDREN- A must read >Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:43:48 -0700 > >MANDELA’S OTHER CHILDREN: THE DIARY OF AN AFRICAN JOURANLIST by Baba Galleh >Jallow is a must read for all Gambians, regardless of political >affiliation. Everyone should endeavor to get hold of a copy. The book gives >a clear picture of Jammeh’s tyranny and serves as a clear testimony to >Jammeh’s paranoia and arrogance. It documents not only Baba’s experiences, >but also such events as the murder of Ousman Koro Ceesay, the massacre of >school children on April 10/11 2000, the closure of Citizen FM radio, the >attempted burning of Radio 1 FM and the murder of Deyda Hydara on December >16, 2004, among other things. > >As I read the book, I did not know whether to cry for my dear country or to >laugh at the absurdity of the so -called security officers and their “we >just following orders from above” nonsense. What I however, got from it is >Baba’s courage and determination not to be cowered and bought by Jammeh and >his clique. This book will go down as the most vivid documentation of >Jammeh’s brutality against the press in particular and The Gambia in >general. It is all very revealing of the workings of the NIA because it is >told by someone who has spent many days and nights detained behind the >walls of their “dracula’s castle” > >If you are a Jammeh supporter, reading this book might help open your eyes >to the true colors of the APRC/AFPRC regimes. If you are a Jammeh critic, >this book will help you understand the dictatorial resolve of Jammeh and >his henchmen to stifle dissenting views and to stay in power by any means >necessary. > >To the journalists, there is no better narration of their plight. The >book’s publication could not have come at a better time when our colleagues >Fatou Jaw Manneh, Lamin Fatty etc are being paraded through the kangaroo >courts on trumped up charges, and the disappearances of Chief Manneh and >others. > >As is cogently put in the book’s back page description, Mandela’s other >Children “is a story of heroic resistance, stubborn defiance, and a steely >determination to assert and preserve endangered sovereignties by threatened >social entities.” This book will provide you with incontrovertible facts >about Jammeh’s tyranny. > >Baba Galleh Jallow was editor-in-chief of the Daily Observer and Founder >Editor and CEO of the Independent Newspaper. He holds a BA in Political >Science, a Masters in Liberal Studies and is currently a PhD student in >History at the University of California, Davis. The book can be obtained >from http://www.freegambia.net/shop.html. Baba’s other books are Dying for >My Daughter, Angry Laughter, and The Anatomy of Powercracy and Other >Essays. > > > >"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of >justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. > >--------------------------------- >No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go >with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤