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tiramakhan
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 Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 00:30:44
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Neo-Jaliyaa
It is not the first time the Senegalese offer their help to a Gambian head of state in his trials and tribulations.
This time in the shape of veteran musician Ouza Diallo, an intimate friend to president Jammeh.
At a press conference in Dakar Ouza proclaimed
"It is my duty as an artist to intervene between the two presidents.
I am asking president Yaya Jammeh, my friend, to immediately send me a flight ticket, in order to come to Kanilai and discuss the matter with him."
The singer wouldn't disclose how exactly - once in The Gambia - he intends to convince president Jammeh to abandon his country's decision to execute more of the death row prisoners.
He limited himself to saying that "On this kind of a mission you don't openly reveal your strategy and what you are going to say. I will use my own method to discuss with my friend Jammeh".
He also asked Africans not to succumb to demonizing African regimes on instigation of the West, notably through their media.
There's no denying that Ouza, cheddo dreads and all, delivers the goods as any old skool jali, traveling up and down between front lines, cajoling his mansa to stop chopping off the heads of his wretched subjects.
Which raises the question why none of Gambia's own equally qualified rappers/rastamen/kora kings has volunteered to reconcile the two brother nations and warn their wayward patron against any further summary executions.
After all a taxi trip Kombo-Kanilai would be considerably less a waste of Gambian tax payers' money than a return flight Dakar-Kanilai.
http://www.senenews.com/2012/09/06/ouza-pret-a-jouer-la-mediation-entre-la-gambie-et-le-senegal/
http://www.seneweb.com/news/People/crise-entre-le-senegal-et-la-gambie-ouza-propose-sa-mediation-et-avertit_n_76443.html
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Edited by - tiramakhan on 07 Sep 2012 08:43:58 |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 13:31:47
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This sounds hypocritical, he can’t say that he does not have a taxi fare from Dakat to Banjul for this important mission.
I remember Ouza when he was staying in Bakau New Town and they used to perform at "Sedal sa hol". He had spent many years in The Gambia.
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tiramakhan
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Posted - 08 Sep 2012 : 00:39:56
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The question is why this self-appointed middleman expects a poverty stricken country to provide for his transport in the first place.
After enjoying the country's hospitality as a privileged refugee, Ouza does owe the Gambia people.
Offering his - albeit unsolicited - services for free, including buying his own ticket, would be the least he could do in return.
One would expect him to have some change left from the president's birthday party in May, when - rumour has it - he and fellow Senegalese entertainers received each D 2 million for their rendition of "Happy birthday, dear President".
If only a few months later he turns out to be destitute to a point that he can't even afford a trip Dakar-Kanilai, his posing as a peace apostle looks more like a cunning way of making a pre-paid dash for the cash dispenser of Allah's bank.
Meanwhile Ouza's support of president Jammeh's executions and his questionable mission has provoked nationwide public outrage in Senegal:
http://www.seneweb.com/news/Societe/soutien-a-yahya-jammeh-le-chanteur-ouza-diallo-severement-mis-en-garde_n_76569.html |
The world is divided into people who do things, and people who get the credit. Try to belong to the first class - there's far less competition (D. Morrow) |
Edited by - tiramakhan on 08 Sep 2012 01:46:31 |
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