Brother Oko, May uncle's soul rest in perfect peace. Ameen! Besides, good to have you back. Omar Joof. >From: Oko Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Obituary a of Gambian poet >Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:59:21 +0100 > >Ladies and gentlemen, > >I am your Gambian brother, bringing you news from my Gambian nation. >Safely back from the Gambia I am back in Holland and glad to be back >with you on the list again. > >I have some great news from home but first I want to make an obituary >announcement for the passing of a great friend and legend of Gambian >poetry and musical rhymes, Mr. Njaja Poh of 6 Zebra str. in Banjul. His >real name was Matarr Joufe. He died on the 25th of December at 10 in the >morning, in his home on Zebra street. > >Njaja Poh was a poet, and an inspiration to Gambian musicians and poets, >with his famous translations of the Wollof language into segments and >poetic verses that awakened and enlightened the youths of Banjul, >especially the mass movement and the creation of the Afro-Manding sounds >by Paps Touray, Ifanbondi, the Gelewarr band and the Magadan jazz band. >Njaja was well kown and recognised throughout Gambia and Senegal among >the connaiseurs of poetry. > >He invented "Hamham dafa lahu" - knowledge is hidden. > >"You cannot force it, and when you force it anyway, you lose it." - >Njaja Poh (quote of the 60's/70's) > >Myself and the artistic community in the Gambia celebrated him well >after his death. He died at the Royal Victoria Hospital in a very >dignified manner, and all his friends and loved ones attended his >funeral. > >His legacy continues and his story will follow. > >May his soul rest in peace. > >Your friend, Oko Drammeh > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~