Modou, Thanks for the info.I will try to check it out in the archives. Keep up the good work! 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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~