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Momodou
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 Posted - 09 Nov 2007 : 18:30:25
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TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BABOUCARR GAYE
A MENTOR, FRIEND, COLLEAGUE AND FATHER
Baboucarr Gaye, one of the titans of the Gambian Media, was a courageous, honest, and very principled journalist who had contributed enormously towards the growth of the media in the country your untimely death has sent shock waves through many in The Gambia and beyond.
We have lost a hero, a champion, a fighter for freedom of expression and human rights. Baboucarr you are gone but your deeds will remain with us. You will always be remembered by the old, young and the interested readership.
Though once a time he was a gem
A man of manly manners made
A king and a champion all in one
Of fresh and newly blood and bones
Here before us lies the past
Now stripped of any presence kept
A history stripped and only left
With memories lit in faded colors
Though of an era past and distant
He was a thing dearly desired
More than gems and diamonds too
No price ever could match his worth
Here before us indifference lies
In a static state and stagnant
In this world, lifeless and listless
Lethargic, languid and torpid
Once in him was greatly action
Ambition, toughness and talent
In many ways inspiring and funny
He loved to fly, though now he lies
Here before us lies the fresh
Yet we think and talk of greatness
Could he then be gone and done
By just an end to the flesh he wore
Baboucarr rest in eternal peace. Till we meet again
From your daughter, and colleague
Agi cox - Bah
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issues
Issue No. 132/2007, 9 - 11 November, 2007
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