The following was sent to me by Badou Jobe of Ifang Bondi. Its unbeliveable th hear that the GRTS seldom play music of Ifang Bondi whilst feeding our youth with all kinds of alien music. Most of the music presenters at the radio are perhaps so young that they don't know the signifance Ifang Bondi played in the evolution of Senegambian music. ---------------------- Dear Momodou, Thank you very much for your quick action re posting Obituary Pa Touray on the Gambia-L. We heard that they are playing Ifang Bondi music all the time now on the radio in the Gambia. Very sad that a musician has to die first before people take notice of his music. Strangely enough the only other time the Gambian radio played Ifang Bondi music on a regular basis was 10 years ago, when all news items about the Gulf War were introduced by "Nit ku Nyul", an antiwar song written by Pa Touray. All the best, Badou & Irene ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~