Boy Sidi, I don't remember some of these folks because i don't think i met
all of them over here. We were sort of the group that came after all these
guys, although we did overlap and meet a lot of the names mentioned in New
York, including matarr Njie who was at Columbia at the time. He and i used to
go to Pap cheyassin Secka's house in the summers because we used to love to
just hang around him and listen to him talk to us about various issues.
. I was in Atlanta with Baks Touray, Baboucarr Njie, Ousman Sabally, Modou
Jagne, Koto Bamba Njie, Sara Ceesay, Narr Jagne, Modou jagne,Modou Sosseh etc
before I left for the Univ. of Georgia. After that, i went home and worked
for Pest Control under Saul Mboob ( quite an experience) briefly before
packing it up and returning to the States. I left for Botswana a couple of
years later.
The doctor you refer to i believe is Pa Sulay Jallow who was a classmate of
mine at GHS, and a neighbour at Wellington street. He attended Clarke college
Atlanta, and then Albert Einstein in New York. I lost touch with him after
that although he was a good friend.
Jabou Joh
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<< Ebrima,
Thanks for reminding me, I should have really started with Sheikh Ahmad
Tejan Njie as one of my contemporaries and a close friend.He was the first
to leave for the states among our age group in 1964.He was the
"njateggie"of the gambians in New York.He has received many at JFK while at
Long Island Univ.Yes, A.K.was US-trained(Brandies),Koto B.E(Adelphie)via
Dakar.Omar Sey(Lincoln) Felix Downs-Thomas(Yale),Solomon Gomez(Harvard)
late"Jew" Jahna the first Gambian to attend Wisconsin-Madison.The Atlanta
group included the likes of Ousman Sabally(I beleive),Bax Touray, Pa Omar
Kah. Jabou, my apologies, you were our "jigainnie kompin" at Brooklyn
during the summer months,I could still remember those nice benachins
with
Badou Sallah and B.E. Dr. Kal Bayo (Northwestern),Olla Obrien-Coker
(Connecticut).Biola elected instead to go Dutch.Ansumana Mambury of Central
Bank(U of Maine& NYU),Minki Janneh(Boston);a brilliant medical doctor(could
some one help me with his name)who studied at Albert Einstein Medical and
housemanship at Mass.General Hospital last I heard he was somewhere in
Florida.Prof.Cham's wedding reception was held at my house in Madison(you
see,Ebrima,I had already settled). Mbye,Sulayman,Tejan Njie,late "E"(yes,
the same E.M.Mbenga)from the same "vous".Just remebered Dr.Halifax King
(Howard)&Raymond Sock(Penn.?) The list goes on. Sidi Sanneh
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