Mo, Yes I did it ,but did not come very far ,that is to do something with it.If you could remember I was thinking of getting it on your web page among other plans.Take care For Freedom Saiks >From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: What is in the other names? >Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 20:31:14 -0300 > >On 19 May 2004 at 15:25, Bassirou Dodou Drammeh wrote: > > > Mr.Jaiteh, > > I would apprecite it if you send me a copy of the list of the Gambian >First > > Names mentioned below. As for the one presently under consideration >namely,the > > Gambian Surnames and their meanings and /or their genesis,I think it >would be > > faster if each and every member of the this forum provides his/her >surname,what > > it means and how it came about, if possible.Those who don't know could >easily > > call grandma back home. It is important to note here that the sources of >our > > traditional knowledge back home are disappearing faster than anyone of >us could > > imagine,all the more reason why it is so important for us and for our > > kids,esp.those in the diaspora,to have such a document as is proposed >here. So > > mine is as follows: > > > > SURNAME: Drammeh > > CLAN DESCRIPTION: Santang Farrah Kanji-Mori (Mandinka) > > DEFINITION: Santango is a tree inSenegambia region known for its >strenght and > > size;Farrah means to split into two halves;Kanji-Morri means the Islamic >scholar > > to whom people appeal for help or protectionin times of crisis. THE >(Epic) STORY > > BEHIND IT: The first Drammeh supposedly split open a Santang tree by >channeling > > all his magical powers into it todemonstrate to all the >pretendingmedicine men > > and magicians in town that such would be the fate of anyone of them who >tries to > > mess with him or his family. Regards Basss! > >Bass, >The typical Gambian names can be found in the archives from 7 august 1999 >onwards with the subject: COLLECTING TYPICAL GAMBIAN NAMES. I wonder if >Saiks >ever made a complete list of all the names submitted. > >You have inspired me to come with the following from grandma:-) > >Camara - Song tang ning feng jaw faala >Camara - Dambel koto >Camara - Makang banna >Camara - Yilleh >Sibi Camara >Taabong Camara > >Translation: "Song tang ning fen jaw faala" - One without bad habits, >killer of >the evil thing. >Legend: There is a legend, which says that there was a time when people >were >prevented from going outside the village because of a very big serpent. The >person who later killed this very evil serpent without showing fear was the >ancestor of the Camaras. > >Camara - "Dambel koto" meaning Camara old Dambel (Dambel is a surname). >Both Sibi and Taabong are places in old Mali Empire. > >Other surnames are: >Touray ngana manding mori >Jawo Banna >Jallow Jeri >Sanneh Balamang kumbaling fing > > >What do the Ceesays have for us? > >Rregards, >Momodou Camara > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~