I have a Gambian (Mandinka) friend named Balangka, which I didn't see on
the list. Ylva

On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Seynabou Secka wrote:

> Hi there I will add to the list of names:
>
> Ngor (Serere )
>
> Jogoy (Serere)
>
> Mayekor (Serere)
>
> Coumba (used by different ethnic groups; and means creativity in Swahili)
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> Jojo (wolof)
>
> Nyanya (wolof)
>
> Botor ( Fanafana )
>
> Nogay (Wolof)
>
> Houdja (wolof).
>
> But,
> I think that we've borrowed lot of names from the Arabs but we've add some
> cultural originality by making them sound more Gambian or Senegalese (i.e
> Seynabou meaning Zeynab ; Baboucar meaning Aboubakr and so on.
>
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