Dr saine,
Yes there is never enough time but when I come to Louisville , Kentucky (next to your
neck of the woods) on April 8 at the special Event to honor Imam w Deen Mohammed ,i
will spend that weekend near the Cincinnati airport (Ky) then we can revisit with more
time, Inshallah
it was good seeing you all
Please let me have dr A S Janneh's number before he leaves for Banjul.
I will be in Tennessee this weekend
Thanks again
ps do you know what Banti Yomba is?just curious!!
Habib
Abdoulaye Saine wrote:
> Habib:
> I could not help laughing so loudly to the posting about Tobacco Road,
> the Banti Yomba etc. Thanks! and it was good to see you in D.C. over
> the weekend. We never seem to have enough time to visit.
>
> Abdoulaye
>
> "Habib Ghanim, Sr" wrote:
> >
> > Yes it would be a goo idea just to document for keep's sake
> > some of us may not be around too long to remember any more
> > Habib
> >
> > Abdoulaye Saine wrote:
> >
> > > G-L Community:
> > > I could not resist the excitement generated by this topic. So here is
> > > another "old-timer's" tale. I came to the US in 1974, on a flight from
> > > Dakar to New York. On that flight was Sasi, now Dr. Ndure and
> > > Alhaji(AZZ) Jagne. AZZ went to Connecticut and Sasi and I went to
> > > Greeley and Denver, respectively, in Colorado. To my knowledge, I was
> > > the only Gambian in Denver for over four years. Momodou Sarjo Jallow,
> > > now a minister in Jammeh's cabinet, was in Trinidad, Colorado and I met
> > > him in late 1978. By 1982, we grew up to four people. Today the
> > > Gambian Community in Denver has grown to over twenty and include the
> > > likes of Dr. Bakary Sonko, Alhaji Jeng and Banna Touray.
> > >
> > > I remember the likes of Musa Cham, Abdoulie Njai of Atlanta, Saul Njie
> > > of Kansas and now in Gambia. In fact, I met two old-timers in D.C., this
> > > past weekend. Sohna Sallah(1968), Dr. Saba Jallow of Sambang and Mamadou
> > > Jallow of Basse, whom I had not seen in over 30 years. There is another
> > > Momodou Jallow, who may still live in New York and use to work for
> > > VHF(telephone services) and Sajo Cammara who came in the early 70s. I
> > > can go on.
> > >
> > > Jabou, Sidi, Ebrima, Prince and other students of history this is good
> > > documentation. It is a wealth of information on the "first wave" of
> > > Gambians to the US. It would be fun to also document, the second, third
> > > and fourth waves. Thanks for the memories!
> > >
> > > [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Sidi, Jabou & the others, This is very interesting and is bringing a lot of
> > > > the old timers from their long sleep.
> > > > Keep up the good connection
> > > > Papa Killi
> > > >
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