AfrobeatRadio Publisher(s) Reacts To Freedom Newspaper Editorial Branding Jammeh “Insane.”

Our colleague at Jollof News Kemo Cham forwarded this piece which was published by the African Diaspora website called Afrobeatradio.com The site’s owner(s) are picking a “beef” with Editor Pa Nderry M’Bai’s  recent editorial and other issues-concerning The Gambian online media, whom they classified as dissidents. They are displeased with reports linking President Jammeh to genocidal acts- and his ailing mental health. We stood by our editorial. Jammeh is free to sue us if he is aggrieved. Below is the full piece. 

Thank-you Letter to the President Jammeh

Source: http://afrobeatradio.com/?page_id=2    

5 February 2010 View commentsComments  Print This Post

Your Excellency, Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Diliu Jammeh, President of Gambia,

We, at AfrobeatRadio, would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for putting Gambia onto the headlines of the World’s press. Gambia certainly deserve all the attention it can get with dealing with the piling economic and political problems.

It takes genius, leadership and vision – someone of your caliber, Your Excellency, to benefit Gambia, and indeed the whole World, with all you have accomplished. For one, your ingenious cure for AIDS – a green herbal paste – is certainly an international achievement in the field of biology and medicine. It is unclear to us why some doubters are still refusing to use it to eradicate that deadly world-wide problem.

Your invaluable contribution to the welfare of Gambians through your wisdom in revealing the sinister fact that homosexuals are responsible for all the evils in Gambia. Your ‘constructivist’ advice to “cut the head of every homosexual caught in Gambia” is certainly the most comprehensive plan to deal with all the problems Gambia faces, right at the root.

We can also understand your logic when dealing with reported sporadic deaths of a dozen innocent people is indeed rather insignificant number when compared with number of people being routinely killed in major natural disasters.

We are not sure also why, in your mercy, Mr. President, you choose to tolerate unpatriotic activities such as dissident voices calling you “mentally insane” without any reliable and independent psychiatric evaluation whatsoever. We know as well that as so many well documented figures in history, you deserve nothing less than an absolute obedience.

It is condemnable for anyone to suggest about you that you do not trust your own relatives, loved ones, friends and family members and that you are afraid to leave the country because the military would topple you. While your complete lack of trust is fully justifiable under the circumstances, it is tragic, if not laughable, that you can be suspected of being “consumed with negativity and evil thoughts”.

The unrelenting patriotic mission, you launched yourself 16 years ago, Mr. President, is sure to trigger opposition of unpatriotic people. But, calling a saint, who is serving impoverished citizens, “a monster” incomprehensible.

We encourage you, Your Excellency, to completely disregard ill-will predictions, that surface recently, which suggest that “Gambia will become ungovernable in few months” and that you “may even die violently, if nothing changes”.

We sincerely pray that the history will judge you justly, Mr. President, because you indeed deserve a lot for all you have done.

Respectfully,

AfrobeatRadio

Afrobeatradio (a·r) is an African Diaspora focused interactive News driven Public Affairs forum.

a·r produces a radio program on WBAI 99.5 FM PACIFICA Radio. The program Features include an ensemble cast providing diverse perspectives and unique access points to reflect, present and celebrate the diversity of African life in communities throughout New York Tri-State, using Interactivity as a tool for inclusion and engagement, while connecting to a global African presence through AfrobeatRadio.com.

a·r takes inspiration from the whole of the African Diaspora, bringing together News, Policy, Art, Current Affairs, Scholarly Work, Writers, Artistes, Civil Society, Performances, Music, Literature Culture and Community, and serves as catalyst for public dialogue on issues impacting the global African Diaspora.

AfrobeatRadio broadcasts on alternating Saturdays from 2:30 to 4:00pm on WBAI 99.5 FM Radio New York.

Streaming live @ WBAI.ORG and on AFROBEATRADIO.COM

The Peoples’ Network.