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Re: What is in the other names?
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Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
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Very interesting!

What about:

Faal Beram (my mother's last name)
Fye Beram Penda
Sarr Mbundu
Joh Balla Aisha
Mbackeh Balla Aisha
Jallow Jeri
Cham Bailoh
Njie Kulli
John Masarr

Jabou Joh

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> >Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:38:40 -0400
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> >Hello all,
> >Years ago we had a catalog of Gambia first names.  I wonder if we
> >can do
> >the same for last names. More important would be the vaious other
> >names
> >that come with last names. I will start by Koto Oko's Drammeh
> >Santang
> >Fara. It will be useful if people could give an english translation
> >of
> >a  "Mam's University" account of how the other names came to being.
> >Please note that no one version will be taken as the most authentic.
> >The
> >other names can be in any language.
> >
> >Some Examples:
> >Surname   ------other names (the
> >language)------
> >---------- Mam's University account
> >Jaiteh   -------   Jaiteh Kaba; 'Wulumbang Tero' (Mandinka) (Friends
> >of
> >the swamp).  ----     may have been a swamp dueller, perhaps rice
> >famer
> >Drammmeh ---Santang Fara; kanji Mori, (Mandinka) (?? Bassssss where
> >are
> >you?)    ----- Mori (Mandinka for Islamic Scholar)
> >Keita----------Keita Jula (Trader), Mansaring(Royalty),
> >(Mandinka)                             -----Were rulers in Manding
> >and
> >traders as they migrated west(Gambia)
> >
> >
> >Who's next?
> >
> >Malanding Jaiteh
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