Jabou,
Mbowe passed away in 1984 or 1985 immediately after supervised the ’83
Census.  His “residence curiosity” status had special meaning because of
the fact this African from the jungle had straight “As” through out his
academic career. I saw him off at the Dayton Airport in the fall of 1974
heading for Banjul to take up his appointment at the Department of
Statistics, then headed by Moulie Gibril (currently with the UN in Harare).
Batch passed away 3-4 years later after a long bout with mental illness.
May their souls rest in peace. Both Ebrima and you are right about Sarah.
He did his first degree at Lincoln at about the same time as Omar Sey, I
believe. He returned in the fall of 1973 to Madison to do his masters in
economics accompanied by his wife Jojoh and their baby Amadou. Ebou, named
after “Jew” was born at Madison General in 1974. He returned to Banjul in
late 74 or early 75 leaving both Mbye Cham and myself in Madison. The Joe
you referred to may be Joe Goddard, the brother of Peter; (I could be wrong
again, on this one) Abdou Bojang formerly of the Standard Bank of West
Africa in those days was also in the neighborhood (Philly) where he died
under mysterious circumstances. Daha Jack also came later in the early 70’s
.So did YaMai Secka whom he later married.
Speaking of student activism, Vietnam etc. The Mathematics building at UW-
Madison bombed by student activists, Kent State stormed by National Guards
killing four students. I campaigned for Robert Kennedy in Michigan and
Indiana in 1968. After winning both primaries, he took off for the
California primaries where he met his fate after celebrating his victory
there too. MLK’s life also snuffed the same year. The Chicago Democratic
Convention fiasco. SDS, Black Panthers, SLA and of course, NAACP, National
Urban League. We saw it live in vivid colour as Dan Rather then White House
correspondent for CBS used to say. The student activists of yesteryear are
the Establishment of today. My years in the US were full of good memories.
Perseverance, respect for the rights of others, to take pride in one’s
work. Yus, I will not trade these values for the world. Sidi Sanneh

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