My sincere condolences to the family of Njaja Poh . May Allah grant him Jannah . Luntang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oko Drammeh" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Obituary a of Gambian poet > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~