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Analyzing Secretary,
Lassana Bamba’s Comprehension Skill and Setting the Record
Straight.
By: Abraham Turay
30 November, 2011
 Ladies
and Gentlemen of Minnesota Mandingo Association, I greet you
with peace, love, and unity restored in our community.
Couple of days ago, I wrote an article recommending some
possible changes in the current leadership due to what I
termed ‘incompetent leadership skill’ on the part of the
President. That article did not go down well with the
President and his officials even though it was a mare
recommendation for change in our community. The
administration responded to my article with three articles
written from the President’s camp. One was written by
opinion leader Sekou Kenneh, one from Ishmael Komara, and
one from Lassana Y. Bamba, general secretary of MMA. This
article is not a rebuke of the President’s camp rather to
make the community aware of the misinterpretation and
accusation on my article from the president and his
officials.
There is no doubt that the Dorley-led administration seems
not only incompetent but also delusional with its own idea
of reality. Not surprising why the strange leadership of
President Dorley is operating on a borrowed time or should I
say life support. This explains the failure of his
surrogates to comprehend a common classification of the
President’s leadership style. I was appalled by the
Secretary’s analysis of the phrase “being popular only in
hair braiding salons, but not so popular in bringing people
together” mentioned in my article as being “looked
down” on our hard working hair braiding women.
Let me be clear, the ladies in hair braiding salons are
critically important fabric of MMA and deserve the utmost
respect from the Secretary. The phrase, Mr. Secretary, is an
assertion to classify the president’s placement and type of
position that better suits his personality. In other word,
the president can perform better as Public Relation Officer
than as a president. This assessment is a result of an
independent analysis based on President Dorley’s 18 months
in office. I hope this clears up the general secretary’s
doubts about the above phrase.
I am however, a humble and peace loving member of our
community and insulting women is not part of my ethic and
belief. I cannot and will not “look down” on hair
braiders by any means because my wife works in a hair
braiding salon; my sister owns a hair braiding salon, and
many of my friends and family members are hair braiders. If
this allegation was meant to tarnish my character among my
people, I suggest the President and his officials formulate
a better plan and next time please refrain from the use
of profane languages and be polite because you are
representing MMA as general secretary.
MMA was born as an organization that allows freedom of
speech and since free speech is a right and not privilege,
all members regardless of their status have the right to
criticize constructively. You can criticize the president or
any member of his officials for that matter regarding an
unethical, unconstitutional, and/or divisive issue. You must
suggest a possible solution to the issue. We should
accommodate debates and fruitful arguments for the benefit
of the community and discourage the use blasphemous
languages on one another like the general secretary did. We
need to promote unity by supporting people or leadership on
policies that are significant in uplifting our community,
but not poorly analyzing someone’s article with the
intention of creating unrest in our community.
I will once again inform the public in general that the
president and his officials deliberately misinterpreted the
phrase “being popular in hair braiding salon, but not so
popular in bringing people together” only for the purpose of
tantalizing my character. Mr. Bamba will have to do
better than that for the community to believe in his
unsubstantiated assertion. I submit to you with peace,
love, and unity that uphold in our community.
Written by: Abraham Turay
Contact: 612-701-6454
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