Yus, i believe the term Banjulians is for those people who have were born in banjul and can trace their rots in banjul at least three to four generations back. Sams >From: "Yusupha C. Jow" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: On The Term "Banjulian" >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:02:51 EDT > >Hi: >Just saw this term being bandied around in some newspaper article. Unless, >I >am completely ignorant to the situation on the ground, this is a very >recent >term. I've heard it once before but in that instance, it seemed to have a >negative connotation more along the lines of tribal and class divisions. >This was of course, just an assumption on my part, and therefore, my >interpretation might not be very accurate. > >What qualifies someone as a Banjulian? Is this term accorded because of >ethnicity, place of birth, social status, or simply because one is raised >in >Banjul? Given that this is a genuine inquiry from this end, there is no >need >for any overtly defensive answers which seems to be the hallmark of many >Gambians these days. > >_Yus > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~