Folkes am no antropoligst but ny listening to the great Senegambian koro player the late Lalo Kebba Dammeh ( I Have six cd´s almost all his tunes) and Halm players from radio Gambia in the good old days when staffs work without interferrenc form dictators who want to rewrite history of the region. Sorry lets keep politic out of this

Sey - Sawaneh

Darbo - Jula sangkarangka

Manneh/Sanneh - Nangcho

Sonko/Sayang - Korringo

Jallow - Jarie

Gaye - Njoro

Bah - pulo

Cham - Demba (has somthing to do with being a blacksmith)

Dibba -  Chaku

JammeH -  Gelanka

Janneh - Morri

Faye - Briam ( I think it has somthimg to do with wood carving)

Jallow -  Jarrey ( herdsman I belive)

Njie - Jatta njie Jato Gainded njie I don´t know why the Njie´s are so called LIONS

Jaiteh -  Kabba

Badjie - Besseng

Sanneh - Balamanka teng kling ngana Janka wally

Tamba - Wally / Tamba

More to come am tried off to bed Obs names all so have meanings e. g Ndey,Pa, Mam,  Yamarie, Pa fowlis, etc etec Argie For names to mark respect if thee child is nemed after one´s father or mother could be grandparents.In my own case named my daughter after my annty Saptieu, because she been to Mecca and perform the Hajj. We start to called her for Argie. Hupti! my daughter is Argie if one called her by her real name Saptieu, she dose not react sometimes. Our names changed because of Islam and Christianty.More later







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