Are the Cameroonians listening? Biya has a similar ambiguos clause which states that upon his demise the speaker of the house shall rule for sixty days after which elections shall be organised and that the speaker shall not be a party to this election. Another recipe for chaos another shame for Africa ready and waiting to happen. Biya is also sid to be very sick and that he collapses every so often.

I get that feeling here in America that the Good Old Boys will still be ruleing from the outside.Remember,Brit/France only wants`to controll,not partnership.Where were Isreal 47/50 years ago?People with out a country. Now they do all the dirty work in the name of peace in Africa and South America.They have the worlds best military killing arsonal from Big George Bush.So,don`t invite the Colonies any place.God Bless Guinea.Oweij Liebo USA.

Nyerere: The worst civilian government is better than the best military government.

This development is a step backwards that nobody should have any illusions about it.

If the situation was so bad why didn't these opportunistic junior soldiers do something about it before ? These are opportunistic rogue retrogressives taking Guinea backwards. The regime should not be allowed to entrech itself in power as it is has already started doing by moving the date of establishing democractic rule from 60 days to now 2 years. They are simply buying time.

Within 24 hours 60 years have turned into 2 years, at that rate they will be declaring themselves rulers for life.

It is for the African Union (and the rest of the international community: the UN somebody) to isolate this madness that is keeping Africa on the political trajectory of one step forward and then 2 two steps backwards.

So far the SADC has failed Zimbabwe, ECOWAS should not failed Guinea too. Guinea has suffered enough. The best way forward is establishment of democratic order not a military junta that are always accountable to nobody and are inherently dictatorial since they gain and retain power without the consent or consultation of the ruled.

Nigeria and Ghana should not do a South Africa (Mbeki) on Guinea. Camara and his goons shouldn't be welcomed to the international fora unless they return Guinea to democratic rule.

Enough of THE SOUPIST STRUCTURE in the territories occupied by soupists---civilian or coupists---in West Africa.

Nyrere? What a joke? A wanna be 'philosopher'? By the way, he is one of the mendacious founding fathers of African 'independence,' founded on THE BIG LIE: THE EXISTENCE OF AFRICAN NATIONS.

DOWN with the icons of a fake 'independence', from Sekou Toure and Nkrumah to Nyrere and Kenyata!

AUTHORIZED AND ISSUED BY THE REFLECTIVE ALL AFRICA ANTI-SOUPIST OPPOSITION IN EXILE AND NOW IN GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, GHANA, IVORY COAST, SENEGAL, AND EXPANDING.

what are you even talking about???

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I'm sorry Mr. Jallow, but I am trying to understand as well what you are talking about, and I cannot find any definition of the word "soupist" in my dictionary at home, nor in an online version. Doing a google search of the word only brings up comments that you yourself have made on this website. Please define it again for us so that we can understand what, if any, point you are trying to make. If your so-called anti-soupism is truly a movement with any teeth, it should be able to be referenced easily via a dictionary or wikipedia. Otherwise, we are all likely to dismiss your comments offhandedly.

As a side, I like to hope for the people of Guinea that Mr. Camara is a better leader than President Conte. I have hope that he is a good person and will caretake the republic and deliver it safely back to the people of Guinea. There are still good people in this world who will use their power for good.

Good riddance to all the tyrant leaders of the world. Maybe Bush and Conte exiting will pave the way for more tyrannical presidents to be replaced. Peace and prosperity to the people of Guinea!

Please accept my apology if I came at you somewhat raw.

I created the concept as an attempt to understand the concept of underdevelopment in West Africa in particular.

Of course the revolution will not neither be televized nor googled.

Once again, there is a thorough explication of the basics of the concept in the Sierra Leone discussion section.

For starters, consider the following: Koroma of Sierra Leone attends the wedding of Kabba, and both are heads of 'opposing' political parties, and now in Guinea, the 'overthrown' civilians hang out with the coupists. Go figure.

Now, speaking for myself, and not the movement I lead, I tender that the underdevelopment of West African territories began, as others ( Gunder Frank in Latin America, among others) have theorized, began under European imperialism.

In my view, however, they incorrectly identified the trigger of underdevelopment: alienation of the resources to the imperium. Undoubtedly, that was the result of a founding structure: THE SOUPIST STRUCTURE.

Now, no one, as far as I know, has subjected this structure to any rigorous analysis: our project is precisely that, thereby declaring our intellectual independence from Western development 'experts', marooned in the IMF and the World Bank, among other sites of obscurantism and ideological obfuscation.

Cheers.

Is "SOUPIST" a new concept within the academic community? If so, the author need to consider seriously to register it so that it can be published and incldued in dictionaries. Fore now, let focus on how mto address the current issues in Guinea. I thank Mr. Jallow for bringing this issue up for clarification.

So let debate the followingL

The new president, Mousa Daid Camara, has indicated some serious measures to deal with corruption in Guinea and crime. Should death penalty be intoduced in Guinea? If no, why not?

If death penalty is not inroduced in Guinea, what should be the effective way (s) to deal with muderers?

What the new president should do with the Conte's old regime who have destroyed Guinea? Should they be jailed after a succesful trial? If no, why not?

I think that all Guineans should have a share in Guinea's mineral wealth and introduce free education and free medical tratment. What do people think?

Mohamed Kondeh

Sydney, Australia.

Perhaps you are dazzled blind by "the academic community"? What, in the name of the God of Erudition, is "the academic community."

Now, first, WE ARE NOT dazzled by the tails of the sedimentation of the cultural tradition of the West. I mean scholars. What the heck do you think is the function of scholars in any and all written cultural traditions? Now, "google" that one, Mister "google."

Count me out. Been there, done that.

Now, dude from Down Under, you've got some explaining to do. WHAT IS YOUR REFERENT OF THE 'CONCEPT' "ACADEMIC COMMUNITY?"

Moreover, you must have an esoteric concept of the concept of 'publication.' The concept of 'THE STRUCTURE OF SOUPISM' is fully published, herein, RIGHT NOW, and in other media.

Divine madness: in the context of a discourse of THE STRUCTURE OF SOUPISM, you naively posit a policy question---the death penalty.

Do you think we are interested in proposing policy options to soupist---coupists or civilians?

Don't you get it, dude: we don't care about the cognitive and pragmatic interests of soupist, again, civilian or nay.

Now, get it: our interest is unequivocally riveted on the DESTRUCTION of THE SOUPIST STRUCTURE, not its reformation.

We are not Protestants.

Finally, we will obviate and nip in the bud any and all essays to abort our interest by silly 'academic' definitional, notional and similar egg headed desiderata.

We don't care about Western scholars whose business is to solidify the very structure we seek to DECONSTRUCT, INTELLECTUALLY AND PRACTICALLY.

AUTHORIZED AND ISSUED BY THE REFECTIVE WEST AFRICAN ANTI-SOUPIST REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT.

Try the "World Power syntax Dictionary" Published by the "Reader's Digest Association".

Arguably, you make a lot of sense but how then can we begin to excite real change as the old gaurd have no integrity and lack vision while those of us with solutions rather give in to western comfort and complaceny while the new gaurds roam streets with guns instilling fear amongst the minoity intellectuals struggling to exercise discipline and responsibility rather than rights and corruption. Its time we move foward from casting blame, rather, provide and enforce solutions and accountability, respectively. Dr. Diallo, Maryland

Respectfully, Dr. Diallo, the destruction of THE SOUPIST STRUCTURE requires intellecutal exertion ONLY as a NECESSARY, but not sufficient condition.

The strategic decision of the Revolutionary Movement to be SILENT ABOUT WHAT IS TO BE DONE is principled (we don't tell the people how to live through their lives---soupists do that) and pragmatic, on two grounds: first, it would CLEARLY contravene the policies of this website and, second, don't you know that the most boneheaded hunter, according to a Mandingo proverb, is the one with a cough?

As to the so-called comfort 'enjoyed' by Africans in the West, may I suggest that the intellectual alienation gnawing their souls trumps any and all such comfy life situations.

Bluntly stated, the mentioned intellectuals are slaves working to develop the literary (which includes scientific and technological spheres) traditions of the West.

Now, I don't know too many people who would understandingly and voluntarily submit to the infamy of slavery.

Cheers.

I wish I could understand what you are saying. Is it possible for you to put it in plain english? What is SOUPIST and COUPIST? I cannot find these words in a regular dictionary. Do you have a special one? Please let me know where I can get one.I wish someone would suggest a form of government that will work for nations with overwhelming majorities of massive sub-subsistence, illiterate people and small semiliterate monorities. In this situation you have fertile ground for people with little knowledge to reek havoc. This is what is happening in most African countries and the present political organizational alternatives have proven to be unsuitable.

He's saying, "Look at me! LOOK AT ME! I WILL FLING POO AT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING UNTIL SOMEBODY LOOKS AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Yes, I agree with you. The only problem, looking at him will waste a good time. May be, an ignored strategy may work so that we can spend our time debating for realistic results.

Mohamed Kondeh

Sydney, Australia.

Listen bastions of diversion and obscurantism and stupidity: the lackeys from Down Under and the rhodie from Ian's ZANU/PF demolished 'rhodesia', I HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO EXPLAIN CRAP TO YOU.

THE CONCEPT of THE STRUCTURE OF SOUPISM is sufficiently explicated in the Sierra Leone and the Gambia discussion sections.

Mr. Diallo (MD, USA) had no problem understanding the concept, as evidenced by his response to my initial post on the SOUPIST COUPISTS in Guinea.

Now, this is the last time I am going to entertain your juvenile rants. The next time, dudes, it will be ALL OUT WAR in verba (another one, phenomenon philological, for you illiterates to "google").

Now, the proverbial ball is your court of ignorance and stupidiy: shoot, and reflective rockets will rain on your heads rocking boto bata with pea brains.

AUTHORIZED AND ISSUED BY THE WEST AFRICAN ANTI-SOUPIST REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT.

The real problem is, the poop he's flinging is getting into the water supply and giving people cholera.