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anna
Netherlands
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 Posted - 05 Nov 2007 : 10:45:38
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| I would like to add my congratulations too, Sister! I sincerely hope your marriage will bring you all you could wish for and that it will forever be a secure and safe haven from the turbulent and sometimes harsh world we live in. Nothing like coming home to a warm, loving and beautiful Gambian, i know. |
When an old African dies, it is as if a whole library has burnt down.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05 Nov 2007 : 11:34:14
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Congrats Sister! You came with honey spirit, much refreshing ideas and with new look on your threads/recent Bantaba debates from your honeymoon!
We are one big family in our beloved tiny nation, therefore POLITICS, DIVIDE & RULE POLICIES should not divide us. Lets sing along our national anthem to inspire us the kind of Gambia we need to chart for generations to generations and for Gambia to live forever until Africa unite:-
"For The Gambia! Our Homeland!
We strive! Work! & Pray! That All May Live in Unity! Freedom & Peace Each day!
An join Our Diverse Peoples' To Proof Mans' Brotherhood!
Let Justice Guide Our Actions Towards The Common Good!"
May we have many more honeymoons!
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2007 : 16:13:30
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Originally posted by Sister Omega
There is a growing consensus in Africa that the old system of family members taking it easy whilst other hardworking successful members of the family provide for them needs to change.
The custom of relying onsuccessful family members to provide for the rest of the extended family is outdated and that more people should be encouraged to work become self-sufficient.
What happens if the successful family member is not successful any more? Everybody gets angry.
My Gambian friend has been out of work for a long time and has no money to send. His wife is angry. His mother is angry. His wife´s mother is even more angry. His brothers doesn´t work. His nephew asks for another five thousand for school fee as she always fail in her examination. His wife stopped working as her husband in Sweden is supposed to send her money.
My friend is exhausted and absent-minded and in sorry mood. He doesn´t sleep, he doesn´t eat.
Early in the morning he said good bye and will be landing on Gambian soil in any minute now. “Karimo”, will you ever come back?
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serenata
Germany
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Posted - 19 Nov 2007 : 17:08:16
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Sister Omega, just read that you married in Gambia. CONGRATULATIONS! May your marriage be happy!   |
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Moe
USA
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Posted - 20 Nov 2007 : 20:37:07
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Sister O, CONGRATULATIONS i also just read you got married.Tell you what,now that we know you are what you have always been a "sister in cyberspace" wishing you good health, mind, body and soul and a promising marriage is the least i wish for ya. Personally speaking over the years you've proven to be wiser than many and easily conveyed your point of view be it political or educational with class and style,I am impressed and will remain a firm reader of your articles cos i have learnt a lot from YOU.  ...........Peace |
I am Jebel Musa better yet rock of Gibraltar,either or,still a stronghold and a Pillar commanding direction
The GPU wants Me Hunted Down for what I don't know ..... |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Nov 2007 : 21:48:52
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Just caught up with the news. Congratulations. Did you have civil or Muslim wedding? How many years you been with the guy and how did you meet?
I wish you good health and lots of happiness.
I return to Gambia on Friday with students from Crowborough, West Sussex. Also my daughter is coming with me for the first time as she is 18 now and allowed to be on the trip.
I am very stressed with everything I have to do before the journey to Gatwick....but I am happy at the thought of seeing my friends, visitng the villages and walking on the beach with the lovely sunshine! |
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
2085 Posts |
Posted - 23 Nov 2007 : 00:27:45
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Greetings Everyone
Thank you all for your positive comments.
Peace
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 23 Nov 2007 : 11:49:43
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to go back to sister O postings, there is definately a time for change. I have met many families who are relying on "money from abroad", the work ethic is stagnate, why work when phone call brings money or 10th of every month money to western union?
as for self development, they want mobile phones and cars, before they pay school fees. I am always amazed at the number of gambians i meet on every trip who seem to supporting a small village, one told me if it was just her blood relations she would happily pay for school fees/college fees but it is the add ons that can be crippling, the wedding, the graduation, the roof, the shoes, the this and the that.
On her last trip she gave them all 200 euros and said that was it. result unhappy faces, but they all knew that they had to support themselves she was not a bottomless pit.
She was angry because they had wasted so much of the money they had received, she felt so long as she supported her mother and provided food the rest would survive.
how do you get the message to Gambians that life for their families outside the country can be hard.
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 Nov 2007 : 18:00:38
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Jambo, its about giving a person a fishing rod rather than a fish. If those of us abroad assist family back home then it is much better for us to assist them with the means to help themselves, and make it plain to them we are not Central Bank, and to share with them realities of living where we live.
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