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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------