Jabou
Those were the good old days.
Halifax King and my brother Ghanim and Swaebu Conateh were amongst the first
Gambians who came to the USA in 1965 on full scholarship (aspau). Knoxville
college in Tennessee was their host then just after Gambia's independence.

Do not forget Emanuel Ndow , Emanuel goddard , Alassan Ceesay ,Lamin Ceesay (UN)
Mohamed lamin Sedat Jobe in Grenoble, France, Gairah laminn baiAbi Faal, Tijan,
Maudo and Jabel Sallah and Koto Babou Saho and Bala Chune (17 th street  DC)
Tamsier Manga, Hassan Harding and so many in the Dc area then . Baboucar Njie,
Iron Sallah, Amie Colleh Saine , Mariama Cham, Ceedy Jammeh Sheriff bah , Alpha
Bah, Pa Jallow (dobson St.) Julius George, Seedy Lette and  Alhussien  ,  Tamsier
Jagne etc.
I may have forgottten so many due to time (about twenty five years ago)
Habib Diab Ghanim

Jabou Joh wrote:

> Ebrima,
>
> Infact, i came on a horse borrowed from the ranch of George Bush Jr. because
> all the pilgrim covered wagons were taken already by Sidi and Co.(lol)
> On the visa issue, I am sure i got mine in Gambia ( if the U.s had an embassy
> there at the time) although i am not certain of that. My dad took care of my
> ticket, passport and visa. I was too excited and nervous. However, i merely
> spent the night in Dakar at the airport hotel and did not have to go into
> town for any visas etc.But to be perfectly honets, at 17, i was very scared
> after the plane took off, and i thought about turning around and returning
> home that night when i was all alone in my hotel room in Dakar.
>
> It seems to me that i might have met Sonny Joiner here, but i know Koro was
> definitely here, and was Koro also not one of the young Gambians who went to
> Ghana to study during the Nkrumah days? Sheriff (Samsudeen) Sallah was also
> here at New Haven Connecticutt, as well as Pa John Williams.Madoun Abdurahman
> Jobe was in Vermont, as was Sukai ( Eli Bow) Prom. Medoun later went to the
> Univ. of Illinois at Champaign. Medoun, Pa Sulay Jallow, Mambouray and
> myself, having been in the same class throughout our GHS years, used to have
> our mini GHS reunions in New York city.
>  I know Lamin Janha, and he was one of the people who went to Ghana for sure
> during the Nkrumah years, and he was our resident Pan Africanist and
> Nkrumaist. He was at Silver Springs, Maryland, and his place was one of the
> gathering places during ALD, and where we learned a lot about the latter two
> subjects. He was married to an African American sister by the name of Njeri
> at the time, and they had two boys, Kwame and Kweku who must be all grown by
> now. Between Babou Saho's cooking and Lamin's place where Njeri's mom served
> as "grandma", we were well taken care of.
> Hydara Ceesay was at Bridgeport Connecticut in '70, 71 or so, and was married
> to Haddy Sillah formerly of GHS (upperclass during our days) and i know him
> because he was among the Ousman Sallah, Ebou Jobarteh circle of friends.Haddy
> is the sister of Essa Sillah presently in Miami, and Amie Sillah married to
> Tunde Owens.Their eldest brother Ousman Sillah the lawyer is my inlaw.
>
> Amadou Taal, known as Baidi (oops!, i found that name out from Tejan Njie &
> Co ) was at Michigan in the mid 70's with one Modou Sanyang. I met them there
> because i had a summer job selling African America histoy books in Detroit.
> They were like big brothers to me during that summer, and infact, Modou's
> wife at the time, Lillian taugh me how to drive my first car. I bought the
> car from the proceeds of my summer job when i didn't even know how to drive
> if you can believe that. Anyway, by the end of the summer, i had learned to
> drive that car, and drove it cross country back to school. I am still amazed
> that i did that. Amadou's mom is sort of a distant relative to my mom, and my
>  late oldest sister Amie was named after his mom.
>
> Sara ceesay was and is still a very good friend from our Atlanta days. He now
> lives in Tulsa Oklahoma, with his wife whom he met at that time in Atlanta.
> he just sent me photos of his three boys who are young men now.
> I don't remember anything about Edwin Moses going to school with Baks Touray,
> but i am sure this is  the case if he said so.
> Also in Atlanta at the time were Amat Gaye, Momar Mbergan, Sheikh Jobe, and
> Ebou Ndure? Njaga Njie.
> In the mid 70's in Atlanta also, many of us were recruited by a brother by
> the name of Willie Ricks to join the AAPRP, the All African People's
> Revolutionary Party. We used to distribute fliers about apartheid all over
> town.That movement did a good bit of work in educating people about the
> injustices in apartheid South Africa.We were armed with fliers that had all
> sorts of statistics on population of Whites versus Blacks, wealth
> distribution and background history, and we were glad to pass them around.
> Well Ebrima, i hope this is giving the writer in you  ample material. We will
> send you the bill later, or we will do it American style. After you publish
> the book, we will bring a class action lawsuit on behalf of all those
> mentioned to collect our share of the proceeds.(lol)
> But really, it is a pleasure to share these memories. One never realizes what
> a wealth of information one's everyday life experiences holds for those who
> were not there. I guess this is what is known as history eh?
>
> Jabou Joh
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