Oko, Ous says you have to eulogize him - I agree. What I wrote was from the heart. I grew up under their watch. These men were trendsetters from weight lifting programs to forming a band using instruments that the likes of Chukel Baas put together themselves. They used to play Saturday evenings, James Brown tunes, especially. I am having regrets for my lack of forethought/foresight about documenting their accomplishments but I realize that it is not too late. Ams, Tunku was much younger and although many of the guys hung out at the 'pabeh', he was not of their group. Anmaa amaadaa ibinyi ahndaa amaa unamoo indabi idonli ewheh ichi ohbigoh - direct translation to mean I am going home so as to document some of what's taken place in our neighborhood. From the boat builders, to Mbaari Boss, and the myths/stories of the 'madam' at the wharf. Rich stuff. Soffie -----Original Message----- From: Oko Drammeh [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Obituary a of Gambian poet Soffie, You knew Njaga Poh well.. Your poetry writing on Njaga Poh is very touching. Much respect Oko Drammeh Ce > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~