My sincere condolence to all family members and friends from Gunjur to Banjul .He was a kind and peaceful .A great lost to Gunjur , The Gambia and West Africa as a whole .May Allah grant him Jannah . Luntang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Momodou Camara" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:10 PM Subject: (Fwd) Pa Touray > ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > Date sent: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:58:38 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > To: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Pa Touray > > To: Gambia-L > > Subject: PA TOURAY - Saya Manyi > > It came as a deep shock to hear that Pa Touray, my lifetime closest > friend and musical partner for almost 40 years, passed away this > morning. > As teenagers Pa Touray and I first met as opponents at the football > field but soon after teamed up as musicians in the African Jazz band. > Ever since then we have been together, both professionally and > privately. Sharing stardom as the Super Eagles and pioneering modern > West African music as Ifang Bondi.We lived together and named our sons > after each other, continuing a friendship that started with our > grandfathers, the inseparable Momoudou Njie Ndombour and Momodou Njie > Jarga. > > I very much regretted Pa's decision early 1990 to retire from Ifang > Bondi and settle in Sweden before finally returning to the Gambia. We > had less opportunity to see each other, but Pa has always been in my > heart and I would often listen back to the great music we wrote & > performed together. > > Pa Touray had the most beautiful voice I ever heard. He inspired > generations of West African musicians, especially singers, and will > continue to be a shining star. > On a personal level Pa was a very peaceful person, a poet and a > philosopher, loved by all who knew him. > > It breaks my heart that, after Ali Harb and Malando Gassama, another of > the Gambia's greatest musicians has left us. > One of the most beautiful songs, poignantly appropriate, is "Saya > Manyi", from the "Mantra" album. > Through this message I like to ask the Gambian radio stations to > dedicate the song Saya Manyi to the memory of Pa Touray. > > Also on behalf of Karamo Sabally, Ousman Beyai, my wife Irene and all > other musicians and friends I like to say good-bye to my dearest friend > Abess. We will never forget you. > May your soul rest in perfect peace. > > My condolences go out to all of his family and his kids, in The Gambia, > Sweden and Germany. > > Badou Jobe / Ifang Bondi > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~