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Austin Youth Association
Pledges Support for the Kafumba Kromah Campaign
By: Campaign Staff
31 January, 2012
The Kromah campaign for the Minnesota Mandingo Association
presidency paid a courtesy visit on the Austin Youth
Association in Austin, Minnesota on January 29, 2012. Upon
arrival, the 6 men campaign delegation team was warmly
greeted and later introduced to the membership by the
organization’s president, Hon. Ansumana Keita. In his formal
welcome remarks, president Keita praised the delegation‘s
effort in reaching out to the young brothers and sisters 100
miles away from the Twin Cities. “In all the years that we
have lived here, this is the first time that we have seen a
delegation of this sort”, the president added.
For his part, the campaign chairman, Hon. Lassana Jabateh
thanked the thriving Mandingo Youth Association for the
munificent welcome and admonished the gathering about the
significance of this year’s election. “The rapid growth of
your community organization has made it evermore essential
to the Minnesota Mandingo Association; as such, it was
imperative that we visit you in recognition of your
association’s status but more so, we have come to ask for
your support in ushering-in a reputable administration that
will restore hopes and the lost dignity of the Minnesota
Mandingo Association”, chairman Jabateh concluded.
Shortly after, the 2 most famous former presidents of MMA,
Hon. Bangalee Trawally and Hon. Musa Kamara (AKA-the Bill
Clinton of the Minnesota Mandingo Association) reminded the
audience about past elections, adding that “change is often
a good thing; that’s why previous president served one (1)
term each and made way for other competent and willing
community members “. The two community leaders stressed the
need for making the forthcoming elections a turning point
for a better community organization.
For his part, young community activist, Baba Toure
challenged the crowd to ignore mere propaganda intended for
character assassination and carefully examine candidate
Kafumba Kromah’s service record and contributions to the
Mandingo community, including the creation and the effective
management of the Mandingo Nations’ website, a founding
member and former vice president of MMA and the recent
introduction of an audio/voice messaging communication
system to the community.
As the presidential aspirant, Kafumba Kromah prepares to sum
up the remarks, another campaign staff, Hon. Korme Fofana
quickly seized the moment to inform the group that others
may follow our good example of visiting Austin, but “note
that they are only doing it because we did it; after all,
they have been in power for the past 2 years but never once
visited you” ,Fofana said.
President Ansumana Keita then asked if anyone had a
question, but instead of asking questions, individual
members of the organization began pledging their support to
campaign. One by one, nearly everyone promised to not only
support the presidential hopeful, Kafumba Kromah but to also
be a foot soldier in recruiting friends and family.
Hon. Kromah thanked all the speakers and praised the
officials and members of Austin Youth Association for their
support. He explained that he was in the race for the people
and not himself. As he looks around the room, noticing many
news faces, Kromah noted the days when MMA made a
conscientious effort in reaching out to every newly arrived
Mandingo person in Minnesota with little welcome token. In
conclusion, Mr. Kromah told the crowd that he was counting
their support. He promised that the Austin Youth Association
will be integral part of his administration, beginning with
possibly changing MMA’s current end of the month meeting to
a teleconference format that would enable the folks in
Austin to participate in the meetings like everyone else.
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