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Tue, 12 Nov 2024 Feature Article

A Multi-Billion Dollar Cultural Idea For Africa and Beyond

A Multi-Billion Dollar Cultural Idea For Africa and Beyond

Once upon a time, some Africans were very innovative, inventing good and badquest (bad or questionable) cultures, but now they just follow mainly middle eastern religions or western governments. So are there no more African thinkers or no good listeners? Are people blind to the rising problems or murmuring and leaving moral debt to the children? We can keep on, but let us switch: Once upon a time, the population of Africa was two humans, then it rose to thousand, one million, and now over one billion people. We will need maths around those numbers, but the guilty or 'great' journalists argue in vague languages like some, many, few, etc even where actual or estimated numbers would have been a lot more helpful. No! I think the guilty or great politicians are yet to be born or yet to humbly listen? No! I think the guilty business folks or private sector are central or what part of the problems versus the solutions? Or is it the guilty or great ordinary folks who need to change or suggest changes? Jarga! Tell us straight, stop talking in codes like Jesus (pbuh) was accused of and some verses of the Quhr-aahn... Well, what is the estimated number of hours the Gambia, Nigeria, Africa, and the world loses per year due to poor timings of funerals, birth celebrations, weddings, etc and what can be done about it? How about outdated caskets on health, new healthy cultures beyond planting trees, and other new cultural suggestions for those who read to the end? How about every media house double up or triple-up on each idea until realized?

Every era has its challenges, so the solutions cannot be the same in some aspects. The Gambia is considered the smallest country on mainland Africa and had a population of about one million people fifty years ago, and now around three million people; Nigeria is considered the most populous country in Africa with about two hundred and thirty million (230,000,000) people. So since time and space may not allow us to deal with every country here, I will keep a stronger focus on the Gambia and Nigeria to estimate Africa+?

Since over ninety percent of humans hardly reach 100 years in our era, we will still generously use 100 years with our maths to help you understand how many funerals to expect... If you take the three million people of the Gambia, it means at least three million Gambians are likely to die within 100 years, and one billion Africans will likely die within 100 years. Whereas many other factors matter, a faulty rough estimation means you divide three million by hundred years to questionably come up with the estimated deaths per year. The actual figure may be a lot less, but likely to rise every year. So for a huge country like Nigeria, we are talking about one million deaths per year; and Africa is about ten million funerals per year now or very soon, and then keep on rising. Whereas we may have limitations on deaths, partly due to poor respect for learning and working standards, we do have 'cultural' options on funeral arrangements to boost learning and working, and reduce potential sins.

I will use some verifiable real examples and challenge the journalists, government authorities, business community, and even ordinary citizens of every country, not just the Gambia. September 26th was the burial of one of my Aunties, who died at around age 80, which may be above average in almost every country. So we thank God, pray for her to be highly lifted, and we also thank God for inspiring me with mighty thoughts during and after her funeral towards this very article that may have drastic changes beyond Africa. Due to the allowed poor timing of burial, I spoke to few personally, but apparently God wants to do a lot more through me?

Let's fast forward to what may be a little more interesting, before we present the proposed solution. Because she was buried between 12 and 1pm, I discovered many working folks had to leave their work and perhaps learning classes. Normally, I avoid naming folks in my articles, but this one demands verifications and other tasks for journalists to help us change our funeral culture. Muhammed Jah, the CEO or xyz of Q-group was there; Saihou Omar Koss Demba and Ousman Demba, owners of King Bakers+ were there; Saihou Omar Gigo, owner of Torodo builders; Amadou Gigo, owner of Gigo construction; Abou Gigo, Principal or Headteacher of Farrafenni; at least four top employees of Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) were there to strategically hint why all Gambian media houses should go interview or phone interview them. In a nutshell, I believe if the average funeral in the Gambia or Nigeria is one thousand people, about five hundred people may be working folks worthy of consideration. Yes, some may spend about thirty minutes, but the average may spend about four hours, including travel time. How many people were there from twelve to four is for journalists to use culture of cameras at next week's funerals. It is not like these folks commit the worst of crimes, but I believe we are under the perfect conscientious Lord and when He offers us 'knowledge we never knew' or choices we never had, then gratitude includes to rush go write and see how best we can realize with the Lord of mihz-Gha-lah-zahrah-tihn (atom's) weight.

Hello Mr. Muhammed Jah, Youssou Ndour, Dangoteh, or xyz ; my name is Jarga or xyz of Times or TV of Nigeria or Gambia, etc. Mr. Rich CEO, we know you like money a lot, so we want just a little bit of your time, to help you make more money, help our country, and help you reduce sin and possibly earn a big reward from God. CEO: Hurry-up, I am going to a funeral... Wow! What a seemingly caring CEO or a coincidence that I called or activist Jarga saw you at a funeral and felt sorry for you? Anyway, mr. CEO you have way over one thousand employees and I know many of them do take permissions for funerals and we want to mutually work with you to improve our country, continent, and world. I will be sending you some questions within minutes and I truly want you to go through them and I will attach an article you can read; your participation can help you and help us save Africa billions and we have the maths to prove it; above all, we have the most probable solution if CEOs like you publicly join us.

Similarly, you do to all the mentioned folks with a slightly different pitch. Of course, if you are in a different country, it will help to go to multiple funerals of preferably well known folks and you can still get info by partnering with someone close to the deceased.

Now I will jump to the central aspect of the solution: I Jarga Kebba Gigo, Muhamed Jah, Dangoteh, Youssou Ndoure, President Barrow, president Tinubu, etc hereby declare how I prefer my funeral arrangements. I want the funeral prayer at 5 pm for secular and religious reasons; the burial can be between 5:30 and 6pm; I prefer to be buried within 24 to 48 hours of my death. Now imagine if the president, ten ministers, over twenty directors, over 100 top business folks; over 100 Imams and/or Pastors, etc agree to pitch at least two to ten dollars donations to have the public declaration in newspapers, TV, radio, etc same agreed date through the association of journalists in your country or few media house coordination? Those who want to add more info should consider donating more, because space costs money. Adding reasons are like suggestions and we can tolerate differences.

Wisdom: I prefer my funeral prayer at around five PM for both secular and religious reasons. For secular reasons, I want the least disturbing of working and learning folks. I believe you can pray for me anywhere, you do not have to attend this part, but I understand some of you may rejoice in attending as honor. Ch.103 is named after Asr, contains the thesis of the Quhr-ahn, shares the name of the middle prayer (Asr) and ch.2:238 hints again about that special time.

Wisdom: I prefer the actual burial to be between 5:30 and 6pm, which I will allow my family members to decide; if you live in a country where official work time is 9 to 5, it will allow travel time or ask least for permission. Whether or not you attend my burial is almost irrelevant, but I understand so-called last respects...

Wisdom: I prefer to be buried within 24 to 48 hours of my death, respecting my family to choose what they deem most ideal. Minimum of 24 hours is to avoid disturbing other people who may have important appointments, to avoid rush and stress. 'Maximum' of 48 hrs is to possibly push burial on non-working day and to give my family more respect to decide based on the circumstances they face. The most important part of me is the spirit and that is with the Lord; so the important part you humans can see can go to the ground, do not cremate me.

Of course there are many other things one can publicly declare, including 7 or 40 days charity should or should not happen. Also there can be huge differences in what I dubbed 'wisdom', but also wrote it as preference. Does anyone of us know if we will die through a flood, wars, etc? One of My cousins argued that in this age of technology, you can notify everyone within 30 minutes and wrongly echoed Islam wants early burial. I think of it way beyond notifying, because I do not even want you to call me or others while at work or school, unless it is a very close family or friend. Even if they stayed at work or school, they may be emotionally disturbed.

Like most African or Gambian Muslim funerals, we are yet to evolve towards official family writing or audio of arrangements, be it funerals, birth celebrations, weddings and beyond. So I was told funeral prayer is 10am at Banjul, which means burial around 11am at jewswang ( Johs-wang ); funeral place at the Pipeline family home. Because I was to take my mum among other things, I went to the burial ground around 11am. Like many African arrangements, they failed to respect the agreed time, adding burden to those who sought permission that "I will likely be back in one hour or xyz time?' It was drizzling and imagine if it rained, those who delay certain things are certainly earning sins between creatures that prayers, fastings, going to Mecca or xyz, etc cannot wipe out.

Whereas God tested me progressively on the burial day, including how I felt bad when I saw my two nephews leaving their work for the burial, it was the day after the burial God inspired me about the need to write this article. That very day after the burial, I wrote up to about ninety percent of everything above this paragraph. My Mum then interrupted this writing with an assignment, but God was to delay it a lot more than I knew, but I sensed God wanted me to pause. That same day too, I had a tough call over giving direction to a relative who wanted to go to the Pipeline family home. So when some of you read some tough points like addressing and others, do not feel like I am out of topic.

The List of verifiable people that died within 25th September to 25th October, which means potential burials I should have attended is like a thumbnail picture, because Africans+ with a lot more friends or social life are likely to have similar numbers or more, every month. Please closely watch that only one of them was buried in what I deem preferred time.

Aunty Bintou Njai (pbuh), Died the night of 25th september, buried (Thursday) 26 sept around 12 pm. She shared the same mum and dad with my biological mother.

Suwaidou Taal (pbuh), A niece through my dad's side, died in the UK on october 5, buried in the Gambia on (thursday ) october 17, in Brikama, around 11 am. People came from Senegal.

Yahyah Camara (pbuh) , father in law of a top employee (Sanna Sighateh) of over 25 years with Saihou o. Gigo. Died october 16 around 5.00pm, Buried on thursday october 17, around 2:00pm in Bajulinding. Did you notice he and ms. Taal were buried the same day, just different times?

Momodou h Bah (pbuh), my friend of over 30 years and friend of my first cousin (brother) of about 37 years. Buried at Sintet Village, in Foni. Died the night of october 18 and buried october 19, (Saturday) around 2.00pm.

Ousman Jallow (pbuh) of Yundum, died (monday) october 21 around 4.00am and buried around 2.00pm. Related through my dad's side. An ex government employee, meaning many government workers are likely to skip work for a funeral...

Sohna Gassama (pbuh) -- ex neighbor, at primet st, Banjul. Slightly opposite compounds. Died 23 october (wednesday) and buried same day at 5pm.

Need I admit I went to only three of the mentioned six and the lessons from the three are huge enough for this writing. The first one, Aunty Bintou Njai, was fairly covered earlier, including business executives and government workers leaving work for burial. The second one, my niece from the UK waited for days due to travel, but why rush with questionable burial time, but God may have allowed it for me to write and inspire beyond those who may die in a foreign land. Her burial also re-reveal the importance of Addressing and giving directions on such announcements. As summer was winding down, some roads are better than others, and no one knows the slightly better roads than you, but care brings inspirations, and indifferent or care is the test after revelations? Should shuttle arrangements be made in certain neighborhoods and the details in the modernized announcement? Ms. Ndey Nyima Camara, the Director of planning at KMC was giving me a ride on her official pick-up Truck, she had to dodge and pass through many "rivers on roads' and was at one time pitying another driver with a much lower vehicle. My point is when a victim seemingly pity another victim, it may be little love, but learning is the real love in the world of humans? It means KMC, central Government, and every caring top official to participate in this cultural challenge, including only funerals with written caring directions should your vehicles be permitted to be used. Damage is sometimes gradual, but how can the blind and non-thinkers agree?

The Third funeral I attended was that of Momodou Bah (MH). Although it was on a saturday, I still think 5.00 Pm was the most ideal burial time, but again God was yet to help me suggest to people who may or may not learn. He was in the private sector, a clearing agent, and countless people had to rush and leave work... His outgoing nature and the sudden death he met was worsened by a rush to burial? Considering village burial is often in the thousands, hundreds to about thousand may have come from far. Like anything, you will always have advantages and disadvantages, but you weigh the two to choose. Half or what percentage of us who drove over one hour may lament 'night driving' on the return or see the positive sides and other options? Again, this is not dictatorial, but a suggestion we can choose from now on. Arguably, his closest friend Mr. Amadou Gigo of Gigo construction was enjoying a holiday in Turkey, but was desperately trying to find a flight to return to the Gambia to pay his 'final respect' to his 'closest' friend of about 37 years. Saihou Omar Gigo was also away for a wedding in the U.K. Suppose M H Bah declared to prefer to be buried between 24 to 36 hrs, his family would have decided whether to wait a few hours even after the 36 hours for special friends like Amadou Gigo or if special family like Ousman Bah was on a trip. It will not bring back anyone, but as humans we do certain things to help ease the pain. His brother, Ousman Bah happens to be the Director of corporate at the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), so countless GRA officials had to attend, including their bus for social services. All forced to rush due to questionable claims and refusing to learn from the conscientious Lord and conscientious ones? Despite being a saturday, a minister called Sabbally attended and claimed he was on a travel mission he had to abandon, return to the rushed funeral. Although many of us look down on our questionable leaders, many ministers and even the presidents in Africa work or under work even on Saturdays and after working hours... The problem with our leaders is lack of enough thinking and respecting poor thinkers like me. Since this primary one does not include asking them to invest huge money, perhaps they may learn. It is up to the caring folks in the media world to challenge every mentioned person to declare a 'caring burial preference', publicly or privately.

If we succeed in having thousands of top government officials and top business folks pay for a small classified ad like: I Dangote, Muhammed Jah, Youssou Ndour, Minister Sabbally, Director of GRA or the equivalent in Nigeria+, then imagine about two pages of people publicly declaring, or its reading on Radio and TV, plus the editorials that can be less controversial than 'wild' Jarga, then millions of poor folks can do their versions on social media to at least ten family members. Then a new multi-billion dollar African culture can be born towards inventing trillions of dollars and avoiding sin. I roughly estimate about 90% of Africans will go to about twelve or more funerals per year and about 75% of such funerals were not ideal time; about 50% of African Funerals are rushed, meaning under 12 hours burial. Average funeral will likely take two hours, including travel time. Meaning one billion people multiply by about thirty hours of lost or inefficient utilization of time. Considering many of my numbers are on the low estimation, we can save Africa Billions of dollars through this seeding. Another consideration is that a rising population means such numbers will always rise. So who wants to estimate how much this idea will save Africa in a decade? Well, I only have marvellous seeding to do. Who will water and do other necessary efforts towards realization? Which ministers and journalists will make extra efforts towards their counterparts or care only about their countries? Even state funerals can be done in better ways, including having them only on Sundays, but state funerals are so rare that we should worry less about them. Considering many factors, I think we should seriously culturize burial to be 5:00pm since God makes it possible now. May God bless me a lot more and every caring soul. May God bless us through Showlove Trinity: Let's learn, let's work, let's have fun.

By Jarga Kebba Gigo
An Activist and Transformer
Author of Juts Quhr-aahn.
Optional Note:
Modernising Caskets (coffins) in Africa and beyond is overdue, including for health. Rather than the largely badly built wooden caskets, we can have cooler type caskets, preferably made with hemp plastic for cost and moral standing. The poorly built wooden caskets do leak too much potentially dangerous air and even dangerous liquid. The envisioned factory built cooler type caskets can be stronger and more spacious to put about six ice-block 1.5liter water bottles for travelling and beyond. Imagine the about one million death bodies in such wooden caskets in vehicles for hours of travelling for burial versus cooler type with ice? Not your dead bodies, but if they pass you after certain changes, then you who refuse to urge for government standards may not be totally innocent to inhale bad air. Imagine being asked to help hold a dead body with potential disease transfer and how the least air leaking casket would be preferred? So I demand journalists to do further urgings and health officials to team up with caring business folks and/or other international officials, including WHO. How many caskets does the Gambia need, Senegal, Nigeria, etc? Does it make sense to contract everything to China and make only babies or learn to make essential simple products? Will you bargain, bargain enough, over bargain, or just pay? You can set-up a factory and make one million cooler caskets in less than a month at a fraction of the cost of buying. It is just a question of setting up the mold and farming the hemp as material... or using the questionable fossil fuel that present cooler plastics are made with?

Optional note 2:
Another time to push for the need of Addressing Africa-wide. Again, use real numbers to estimate how many hours we spend explaining directions, cost beyond time, cost on phone, cost on health or stress, cost on countless things. Even if you limit it to just funerals, virtually every funeral will have about 10 to 25% of the attendees needing directions and neither the governments, nor the business community, nor the ordinary people are making the necessary efforts towards addressing or even giving proper directions? Few years ago, I came up with 'Simple Addressing Example for Africa', it is on the internet, where you can see the verifiable video of me addressing about 500 compounds in record time and challenged the government, but they refused to learn up to the president of the Gambia, but also African journalists. I gave them a deal and re-offered them a better deal to address the whole Gambia, including the smallest village for about one million dollars and within three months. I also said I can do a similar deal for any country in the world, within three months, with more or less money and people to work with. Again! This is way beyond me trying to get money, the people deserve it for countless reasons and it is a three month job, taking decades and their indifferent to poor villages is a sign of deaf, dumb, and blind to possible, probable, and even certain good?

Beside the government officials, If Saihou o. Gigo, Amadou Gigo, Muhammed Jah, Taf Njai, etc pushed hard like me, president Barrow would have listened rather than the insulting time he gave me with near zero listening. If he repeats the sad excuse he told me, Muhammed Jah or xyz can tell him Jarga named the streets without offending the arrogant ones who want to be named over streets? Focus on service over questionable honor... I seriously think the government can have these rich folks finance such and then make a law that will force people to pay for it. Then you pay the business folks and keep your profit. After assigning the numbers, any compound that refuses to have its number displayed, you fine and/or arrest the guilty. Similarly you can do in any African country and beyond.

Beside our questionable politicians, business and other social leaders, ordinary Africans must start better cultures with standards. When a close relative or friend calls you about the death of someone, ask where is the official 'caring formal announcement'? It means a written format and/or the audio. It means a picture or two of the death, prayer time, burial time, burial place, direction for drivers and those using public transportation, etc should be included and within two hours? Who will make the app or how many simple software can do it? Who is the best direction giver and will it ever evolve? I suspect Muhammed Jah, Youssou Ndour, or Dangote only care about their rich educated friends using GPS, or will Saihou and Amadou Gigo side with who? I have a confession to make. When Aunty Bintou Njai Died, Saihou O. Gigo gave a fairly confusing direction on our family group; Assis Gigo felt like he could give much better directions, but was it perfect? Jarga k. Gigo gave another one and even used location style direction, it was highly praised but was it perfect ? Since I was driving, my direction was sadly focused on those who drive, but some were to take public transportation and walk the rest. Imagine four directions from three closer relatives within one family, so it is safe to say over two hundred varyingly imperfect directions were given on one funeral? Would it not have been much easier if the Ndure Family were not Seh-rehrs but Smart Fulas with modern announcements, including caring directions for drivers and beyond? Eventually apps should be made for such, but should we wait for Muhammed Jah or Africel will learn to care and Qcell follow? No! Which company or person in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, etc will make the app or push for it with standards? Remember! Ch.99 'Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it', so who wishes or seeds for billions to benefit will have how much Atom's weight? How about those who share until every country learns? Beside the written version, feel free to read it in your countless local languages, but should three or how many people verify it before the Seh-rehr and Joh-lahs do blunders in that confused state? 'You told me to turn left on seven st, no I did not; I told you eight st, sorry I was confused like the crazy Joh-lahs'? Well, God has finally inspired a Fulani man to help Africa, but if the written record can improve, which neighbor gives the best directions should be copied until Africans learn not just the importance of Addressing, but the different types of addressing and arguably the best type of addressing. Pipeline actually has addressing, but a very poor type because president Adama Barrow, Talib Bensouda, Ousainou Darboe, and many are still sleeping. So how many of you went to funerals more than me and why did God choose me out of many to seed and write with authority? Some will be believers, some submitters, but please drag the resistors where need be. Do not praise me yet or blame the guilty; do not only wish, but share and help bring the change...

Optional note 3:
Autopsy and Preventive health centers: During the funeral of Momodou H Bah, someone asked for prayers in regards to many dying young, and a questionable Imam went to list possible causes of early deaths, including drugs. I think it was a very inappropriate answer or comment, considering it was a sudden death, which may leave weak family members and others in worry and wrong suspicions. However, when we have very weak governments in Africa, then such questionable Imams and Pastors will be trusted over the Marijuana activists and rising scientists? Although less than one percent of highly susceptible deaths in Africa do go through autopsy, it is vital to raise it where we need mandatory autopsy for learning purpose and even less implicit need for Justice. In contrast to the Imam, when I spoke to my neighbor who is a well trained Doctor, she suspected 'heart attack due to high cholesterol' as the probable culprit.

Anyway, I am looking forward to all governments having more autopsies. Since Africans often overestimate what it takes on work+, just calculate how importing ten highly trained specialists can help ordinary nurses+ add it to their capabilities. Average autopsies take about one hour -- so if you do the theory and look at autopsy every day for three months, then the variation of that one hour work should be easy, unless you are a useless or indifferent Joh-lah, but will a Fuhlah-nih doctor watching through video help? Again, do the maths to estimate how many autopsies we need versus want?

Beside mandatory autopsies evolving government may demand due to suspected foul play or just learning purpose, I think people can declare if they want an autopsy if they die under age 60 or xyz circumstances. Again, it can be for learning purposes or possible justice. If your sibling and thousands of young citizens die of cholesterol related heart attacks in a year, it may help you and your country make more efforts after knowing. You varyingly benefit from ihqrah (learning or science) while alive, including autopsies, so resisting a probably helpful autopsy in fear is ungratefulness that the blind cannot see. Also by declaring you want an autopsy, your questionable marabout oriented 'wives' may fear to give you what may kill you?

On preventive health centers, I think the government should seriously set up high standard examples for the slow business world to follow. However, it may be worthwhile for journalists to pitch it to caring business folks in each country. So after convincing Muhammed Jah, Saihou Gigo, Amadou Gigo, etc towards announcing and saving tons of money from their employees who abuse funeral going, then you can appeal that the same Jarga Gigo thinks better than going to funerals and complaining about early deaths is helping people get access to preventive health centers. So how can the Gambian business fraternity work with the government and the people to enact at least 50 high quality preventive health centers? A much higher number will be needed in Nigeria, Ghana, and other countries. The first target is to get every district (county) to have at least one, then towards every village having one. Of course it can vary, but even a fifty thousand dollar preventive health center will help in some districts, especially if the government or the people offered the land with reasonable conditions. I do believe they should be 24 hours for many good reasons, but Africans hardly understand progressive minds like me. Again, it is about making new cultures, instead of following cultures or copying the west and others.

Optional note 4:
Resisting Low minds: The worst of people may argue things like 'Islam wants early burial'. No! Islam is about conscience more than what Muhammad (pbuh) reportedly did in limited choices. People were buried early way before Muhammad was born, so it is not like Muhammad started it for super blessing. In an age where you could not make ice, conscience and common sense dictate rush to bury to protect the living. Now that the God of science and conscience is ever helping us, gratitude is to embrace the best of what is available. Rushing people towards burial is not conscientious; being indifferent to working people or students wanting to attend burial is not conscientious. When they wrongly claim 'you cannot use your mind in Islam', tell them Jarga Kebba Gigo said they are lying or in illusions. They cannot quote a verse that says so, except their questionable hadiths and misinterpretations. And I can quote countless verses that are pro using our minds from the Quhr-aahn and beyond. Human mind is a huge blessing that God still has access to beyond what ch.91 tells us and we should be very careful of banking on questionable scholars who are yet to embrace ch.103 more than the so-called five pillars of Islam.

The opening chapter or Fahtih-aah asks for guidance; but chapter 103 is the distinguisher of the lost and the guided. So use it a lot in your daily prayers and even to provoke others towards accepting it. Ironically, the 5.00pm prayer shares the name Asr with ch.103; so living or dead, the question is not was s/he Muslim, Jew, Christian, hypocrite, weak submitter, etc, but was he among the lost or the guided? Spend time on ch.103 to learn what is being guided and I am challenging all the Imams, Pastors, and others to a learning competition . Write a five to eight column page from ch.103 . Column five is faith -- Write 3 to 25 things you think faith means; column six is good deeds -- write 3 to 25 things you consider top good deeds; column seven is 'exhort each other to truth', so write 3 to 25 things explaining that; then column Eight is 'Exhort each other to patience', so write 3 to 25 things on your understanding of that. Then as president or top journalist, a fixed submission date will help or how many Imams or pastors may spy? If You make it a contest with a million dollar reward and ask the people to post their understanding on a website and social media on xyz date and time, then a new debate may help. If Muhammed Jah or Dangote and their most respected Imams happen to put 'going to Mecca, Rome, or Jerusalem' as number three on the good deeds, then if I or xyz put it on number ten, who will foolishly debate, endlessly? At least all agree it may be a good deed, and shouldn't we have patience if God puts it on the 24th or xyz? No! I mean Muhammed Jah, Dangoteh, etc can go to Mecca and Jerusalem one hundred times, but it cannot wipe out their sins between creatures, nor will it exempt them from the need to 'exhort each other to Truth', conscientiously on and beyond burial timings+? Will their riches or sweet Arabic make them so arrogant that they cannot see God has made me a vehicle, a medium of change for good? May God bless us, forgive us our sins, and bless us a lot more. My very self, how many funerals I went to until God chose to help me help others? Gratitude is not bragging, but gratitude includes ch.93 'And proclaim the blessings of your Lord'. I know no lazy satan or satanists can give me such knowledge. So legalize cannabis and have patience on many forms of questionable punishments that are rooted in fear, greed, and arrogance. May we happily shake hands with the mentioned and beyond, no ill motive intended.

Optional note 5:
Evolving from Street festivals, including wedding and naming ceremonies. Since I want this article to be a historic and transformative writing I may consider doing a video on, I am choosing to include verifiable facts so that our potential grandchildren may not complain against the possible disadvantages of the proposed solutions or revert to the terrible culture of one-eye and minority suppressing. Verifiable examples help both to court Journalists+ as helpers and for historical records. Within the period of 25 September and 25 October, I listed about 6 funerals, so how many other 'positive' events our family had in the mentioned Period? My cousin Abdou Njai, a largely educated youngman, who worked at GRA and now running his own clearing agent business, among other things had new born of twin sisters, on the same Friday Momodou Bah, another clearing agent died. So the Saturday morning with a text from Abdou Njai was the good news, but within minutes it was spoiled by learning Momodou Bah Died.

Needless to praise my cousin on where he was positive, our culture said we can 'roast' our cousins for fun, but conscience says similar to uplift humankind through culturalization. So this article is about a few things I want culturalized, creating new cultures. Good or shameless Abdou Njai sent me a text as he is of the seh-rehr or joh-lah tribe? If I was a complaining 'woman', then how many of you think calling is more respectful like the anti-reading under-evolving Africans+? How many Africans argue unnecessarily on 'perfection', strain or even end a relationship over petty issues? Then the foolish men may even physically fight over words, worse than the gossiping and over complaining women? Since I am a Fulani Man, leading the Evolving African men and women, good or shameless Abdou Njai and who else may learn? Rather than your poor texts or audios per person, Mr. Perfectionist, when God inspires, wants a sweet card/picture I may use as a profile picture, keep as a pass to the party, or just forward to family and friends? Your wife may be in pain, but you have one of her old nice pictures and can spend ten minutes to create a special something. May be you did 90% of the job before delivery, edit, update, and send. A picture of you two as Mum and Dad, a picture of the baby or babies, some sweet words, actual place of the ceremony and direction where need be is indeed more Fulani, more modern, more conscientious? So even if Muhammed Jah of Qcel, Africel, and others come up with an app, I hereby charge Abdou Njai to sponsor an App and/or help make it a culture? Besides apps, a website or countless businesses can add a one page input form, select a template you prefer and the finished product can be sent to your phone within minutes. So he must send this article to at least 100 folks, including groups, but also push in other ways to help his children know cultures can improve. Considering the naming ceremony was at the wife's family compound instead of his residence, I am fairly certain that some of his friends or family went to his place and got redirected with a sorry that could have been avoided? Time matters also, so when that Card says 10 am, do not allow a non-conscientious Imam or Pastor co-disrespects the rights of others, including those who took a work break or took permission for one or two hours. When they argue tolerance, tell them tolerance must have limits, so five to fifteen minutes even If my Uncle or his Father was running late. If they say 'African Time', tell them Bad Africans like Abdou Njai, Jarga Jobe, or xyz may not respect time, but good Africans like Jarga Gigo and millions of Africans respect time, the bad ones are not any more African than we are?

The other thing often missing in African culture is accomodating minorities. My cousin wanted to keep adding tents, so I asked him to please consider people like me enjoy the sunlight and should be accomodated, or the shy ones among us will often suffer. My point is offices and all public places should be catering for both those who enjoy man made Air conditioners and those who want sunlight (preferably with glass buildings) and enough natural air.

Need I say countless working people beyond GRA came? Should we adjust our culture through government and using some Quhr-aahnic verses and conscience to fearlessly adjust? Did you know if that child was born in the west, the child would have been named within 24 Hrs? No Jarga! Do not try to bring 'western' culture here. 'We will obey the west in the west for money, but President Adama Barrow, Tinubu, etc cannot force us to reveal the name(s) and we have the right to a birth certificate, borrowed from the west or mars? Well, I believe in Learning from every blessed soul, including teaching the west and creatures in Jupiter, if possible. President Jarga k. Gigo says the twins are sisters and look alike, a law or decree says no releasing of the babies until we take a DNA sample and issue at least a digital birth certificate for security and cultural reasons. The security reasons may lengthen the article, so let us focus on the cultural reasons. Just in case Grandpa Uncle Babou Njai chooses baby Fatima as 'traditional wife' and baby Isa happens to be prettier as they grow, no changing for uncle or grandpa Babou Njai?

Well, among the verses we can use is in ch. 19.7: 'We named him Yahya (John), a name we have given to no one before'? Are we humans so colonized by Angels that dictate or influence even the names of our babies before or after birth? Mr. Abdou Njai! Honestly answer these questions, did you discuss how to name the baby before learning you will have twins, through machines or real birth? What was the name if it was a boy versus girl? My point is babies are often named long before even in secular minded folks, then you may reveal it to a doctor or government agent upon birth; then you may reveal it to few family members few days before actual public revealing; then the so called public revealing and actual festival can certainly be different for chosen or imposed resort? Meaning it is perfectly fine for Abdou Njai or xyz to name the baby (babies) while in Hospital, showing respect to president Barrow or Tinubu as he would had to Trump; the government keeping it secret as respect for culture; Abdou Njai to publicly reveal the name and basic prayer at 6.00am or 10.am on the friday; but the announcement card saying the actual celebration will be on a saturday, at a nice high-end resort on the beach or a well designed community venue in a neighborhood or village. So that when Jarga feels like working or having university classes, good or bad Abdou will not tempt me with weak fun, fun, fun? So that if Jarga cannot make it at 10pm , he may come at 2.00 or 3.00am and party in better ways than Africans and their children of other races? I mean, I am praying for when all or most birthday and wedding festivals will be on saturdays to minimize disturbances in learning and working opportunities. I can hear the voice of the bad African saying, 'we do not move dates by choice, only when imposed'? Did you know when a close family member dies or even financial burden happens, some Africans did and do move these dates? I think learning and working are much more vital and when we do things due to conscientious choices, we are literally accepting and seeking more from the conscientious Lord? By Abdou Njai or xyz saying, 'celebrations can be any day and since I have many friends who are in working age'; away! With the culture of Uncle Babou Njai and grandpa Jarga Njai; welcome the culture of Grandpa Jarga Kebba Gigo -- then we teach the wollofs and all cultures that conscience is supreme, supreme than Culture, religion, and even evolving governments! So may the Conscientious Lord forgive us our sins and help us with a heavenly earth and every life!

Then slightly out of the window of the mentioned dates, my nephew, Pa Ousman Jobe was marrying my niece, a daughter of Ramou Ndure on Friday, November 8, 2024. They inefficiently partied at both the bride and groom's places? Since most African cultures are dangerously or inefficiently matriarchal, the bigger party was at the female side, which happens to be the busy Nusrat Junction, in KMC. Which means huge traffic disturbance on friday and saturday, because they choose two days partying to sicken their 'guilty' grandmas, disturb neighbors, traffic, etc? Well, some African cultures had 3 days and 3 nights for weddings, including the foolish fulanis who were misled by the Joh-lahs? Well, a new fulani is born, ready to rescue even Joh-las who are willing to learn. Will my seh-rers nieces and nephews learn or stubbornly resist? Every event comes with countless choices and ch.99 hints 'Even an atom's weight of good and evil' on that event will be judged? Of course I am certain that countless good choices took place, but will you make efforts in improving our cultures towards harmless fun?

Pa Ousman Jobe happens to be working at the State house, if my memory serves me right, meaning he is not poor and close to our questionable president and top folks... His father is my cousin, Pa Omar Jobe is a highly educated Gambian who was among those who crafted our Gambian constitution that is yet to be adopted. Beside wealth, I mean they have all the connections to help enact change beyond the Gambia. Besides traffic jams and possible scratches, does the president, our lawmakers, our journalists, the so called victims or citizens have permanent or rotating sins of what percentage of Atom's weight of sin and gauge their speed on repentance? Your sick neighbors, the visiting strangers from abroad, the children who are yet to adapt, etc may not like the imposed noise after refusing to learn, make, or buy the sound-proof materials.

I suggest or demand all celebrations weddings be on Saturdays to cater for learning and working folks, and to maximize fun and/or reduce sins. If your cowardly tribe (cultures) prefer a day over others, then do a simple wedding on any day, but let the celebration be on Saturday. My about eighty two year old mum, who happens to be their grandma and her ailing younger sister forgot all ailments and partied all day, all night and part of the morning! They came back at around 3.51am in Lamin-Daranka; which is about 20 minutes drive in slow traffic of late hours, which means the party was on until around 3.00am or a time journalists can verify. Bravo!! Pa Ousman! If one counts the happiness can contribute to their health. Split the sin, if they get sick through over-partying? Take another quarter of the sin away through the window of gratitude, considering their older sister Ms. Awa Njai is sick, unable to party, and ms. Bintou Njai their other sister is in the grave, but the soul is hopefully in heaven or hell due to such sins between creatures? Young men and women of the world, even the opportunity for God to reveal knowledge is sometimes too long, so gratitude to those willing to learn is in thinking and speed, not dragging of feet. If hundred or xyz friends of Ousman and wife partied like Grandmas, then they may likely lie to stay away from saturday bank work or which private sectors they supported, under or over supported, including atheists+ Asians who make most of the products they brag about? If they still come to work with less sleep, will they work as average 'lazy' Africans or like the hardworking Chinese who rebuilt the very state-house he works at? My point is marriage and having babies is something even animals do, but if other races respect certain forms of learning and working more than we do, then they may deserve something we do not or to a lesser degree until when?

Once President Barrow and all African leaders, beyond political leaders, understand improving the character of the people is more vital than paying taxes and endless borrowing against our children, then I deserve to be sincerely honored in every state house, or let my students and invisible angels attack them with at least words.

I know if the Gambia government is unwilling to spend one million dollars on nationwide addressing, then how can I suggest fifty million dollars for at least 50 venues per neighborhood, a special place for such events? Beside government allocating at least land, I think rich business folks like Muhammed Jah of the Gambia, Youssou Ndure of Senegal, Dangote of Nigeria, etc can come to the rescue with reasonable 'robbing', unreasonable robbing if not regulated, or indifferently watch us suffer and leave moral debts and financial debts as inheritance? Almost every neighborhood in the Gambia has undeveloped plots of land as land hostage is legal in heartless capitalism. Such land are used as terrible garages and other forms of low service businesses. My point is Muhammed Jah or which richer Gambian can buy such lands per neighborhood with the government stating how it must be used? No! Jarga we need to repeat the mistakes of Senegal+, or how much more will it cost the caring rich Senegalese or Nigerians+ to do a similar rescue? Waiting is the crime, seeking God is the humility if conscience is still growing? Indeed all people are not just generally lost as per ch.103, but all people are blind, until the seeing Lord helps Jarga or xyz sees; all people are deaf, until the hearing Lord helps how many millions or billions hear? All or most people are dumb, but be thankful if you are speaking truth alive and happily, not on your dead-bed; happily or measurably speaking truth to the rich and poor, male and female, black and all races? So let the spirit of ch.103 be the guiding light of the guided, not who is the richest, who has the so called best weddings, who has the most money, most children or social media followers, etc. Once you seed billions, you can water where you can, but where are the Africans who will join on time and with enough efforts? The governments say they cannot do it all, but why are voluntary black consultants never paid unless they have questionable certificates? They do not demand or welcome help on moral uplifting, money they complain as children of prostitute minded women and who will evolve? The rich business man steals ideas, pays and thanks marabouts more than employed and unemployed folks with implemented ideas towards billions in money and trillions on character? Where are the diaspora folks who brag with western vehicles, complain beyond such traffic issues+, and are missing or ready to pitch in which ways toward solutions?

I mean a million dollar hall+ per five hundred compounds of a neighborhood is feasible even in poor Gambia, but sacrificing is hard where forgiveness is sadly misunderstood and abused ? Fifty of such is fifty million dollars, which the richest Gambian may not be able to afford without borrowing to charge us more? So how about free or reasonable land and shedding it for now until cannabis is legalized and hemp building makes it a lot cheaper? I mean rather than fifty million dollars, fifty million dalasis or about one million dollars is chicken change to Adama Barrow, Muhammed Jah, and many Gambians. Fence such garages with high sound proof material and remember places for vehicles. The floor can be grass and the shed can be hemp plastic we farm and make in Africa? No Jarga! Muhammed Jah or Saihou o. Gigo wants to brag about their tiled compounds but will skip or come to poor Jarga under sand or grass? I mean standards start with planning, but some of you are anti-family planning and pro-begging or co-robbing with those who plan families? Anti-city and country planning, but hardening the inheritance of running for office? You work, I make the movie and become the implicit and/or explicit president of the world or how many continents? Regardless of how you see me, it is very evident that I and who else is dragging the leaders of the world in some sectors towards higher conscience? So should we charge about one thousand dollars per wedding to evolve from grass to tile or something better? The Lord of hemp and all knowledge will determine and sometimes overwrite planning, but always try to choose a great direction and understand speed matters when you are fairly certain you are on the truthful highway or super highway. Fly where you can, the meaning of patience to the conscientious is different to the non-conscientious.

They said the bad Africans will resist, but it depends if you have soldiers to disperse a gathering from street wedding, or if you are a rich business person with TV and huge social media following as teacher/transformer? A simple video ad that gently shows many issues will convince at least fifty percent of Gambians and many Africans to accept such a change. The worst of Gambians or xyz will resist with, 'our culture says we can spend thousand dollars on praise singers, hired tents, and refuse thinkers like Jarga?' So you make a much more brutal video ad that shows Yahya Jammeh's nephew married on a given date, estimate the number of people that attended, and include even imprecations against the attendees, not just the organizers and guilty government that may allow such after reasonable options. You ask the disturbed public to imprecate against the guilty, but who will blame or cry if a newly wed person suddenly dies or suffers because of avoidable sins between creatures, with or without imprecations? Beside God, you consider civil lawsuits until a conscientious Judge rules in your favor. My point there is there is the probability of no fight and high praises, but fight where need be as God will reward the freedom fighters of every generation.

Optional note 6:
A culture of planting trees instead of killing animals when people are born or die... Since you need land access to plant trees or food forests, it will help to convince the government or how heartless are many Gambians/Afticans in regards to land? Let's imagine a land where we can plant one to two thousand trees. You convince cousin Abdou Njai or xyz that your newborns will love fruits before meat, that a charity of one hundred dollars will ascertain earthly 'angels' plant at least three edible trees as charity or xyz. That rich Muhammed Jah, Amadou Gigo, Saihou Gigo, etc finally understand the poor deserve affordable fruits, not just their rich children, so their new NGO with a digital record of precise location and culture of cameras will remove many forms of possible deceptions. Enough Availability is among what can bring prices down, but sometimes you still need regulations that may over lengthen the article. My point is when we add one million trees within a few years, our children will thank us and may we eat with them such trees forever or for long. Considering Abdou Njai and what percentage of Gambians or any country may not have space to plant trees in their respective compounds, sponsoring trees is a viable option that no one should consider as waste. Hundred dollars tree charity for your child or other reasonable agreement is better than many parts of our cultures or even praying for trees? Similarly, when people die we pray for them Jahn^nah, which really means Garden in Arabic. Feel free to pray, but when people die, plant at least three trees as charity and then which angels contribute to the rains to warrant allowing birds and other creatures that cannot plant to eat? Do you want angels to plant trees for you, but you refuse to plant enough trees like the best of the world? What is enough trees for Three million Gambians who keep on having babies and a similar question per country beyond Africa? The Asians plant enough trees to supply affordable fruits and nuts to how many western countries? Unless you put real numbers to it, you are just estimating and you have a sad history of not knowing enough and misunderstanding fairly vivid religious verses. Ch.53.39: 'Man will get only what he strives (works ) for' is a strong verse for those who understand the God of multiplication.

I want to enter and invite people to heaven even while on earth, then pray to God inside that heaven or heavenly products and services. Some Arabs are trying, but many Arabs are drags or lacking in the world of veganism, but how is Africa in planning and planting ideas?

We know at least one billion people will become vegan or appreciate veganism in the next five years. Simple wisdom is at least 25% of the coastal beach area, tourist area to become modern vegan area, from restaurants to health leaning resorts. Mindless people has countless excuses until it works somewhere, then they copy or earn unknown sins. So at least 10% of such should be to those passionate about it like poor Jarga k. Gigo instead of richer Amadou or Saihou Gigo? Allocate me and my type the land in every country in Africa and have reasonable oversight without stifling a mind that may be greater than your overpaid consultants. A pessimistic saihou o. Gigo or xyz will tell you not even one percent of Gambians/Africans are vegans, but what percentage of Gambians can become vegans upon courting versus appreciate our food if a modern vegan buffet is lot more reasonable and healthier? His own daughter, my other nieces, a neighbouring doctor, and even old people appreciate my vegan food and imagine if it rises to buffet level and a lot more options? My point is the Gigo family meetings/reunions or other more progressive families can be on the beach-side with our nieces, nephews, grand children etc can be at such and better than home meetings. One day vegan buffet eating on the beach will be appreciated by what percentage of the children of Amadou, Alpha, and saihou Gigo, or are they short changing their own blood without imaginations, bend on waiting? Imagine countless tourists flooding to the Gambia because it has been rated the most vegan friendly tourist destination in the world or Africa? No! We are forbidden to pioneer, we should wait for Ghana or Singapore, or how many years after how many countries before we even plan, let alone build and market? Management and marketing starts with thinking before education, and I am not anti-education, but educated fools truly exist in religion and government. Bring back Abraham, Jesus, Muhammad, etc as children and they will thank God for veganism under me or risk being counted among the ungrateful? Do not let none of their mistaken children deter you from conscience and speed matters, especially in the world of repentance. Veganism is primarily conscience and secondarily science; so the doors are different. Those who enter through the moral door deserve to be highest, but the health door is still higher than the wealth door. How can such a thing make sense to a prostitute minded people, but God is the only one who can speed up what I consider overdue. May the Lord of speed conquer the world for me and make me influence the world more than Trump and Putin combined...

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