Ams, you got the challenger right, but the challengee was Erkill, the dude from Senegal that dethrowned Balla. Remember, the contests were always Fula/Mandingo against Jola, never Fula against Fula or Mandinka. You also never saw a Jola to Jola contest. Interesting, isn't it? Erkill's wife kept pestering the lady to take her on and the lady ended up disappearing just as she appeared. That scam was brought by the Arena owners and they collected a lot of money from folks. I'm talking about Syrbell Madi, Pa Modou Jatta, Betican Pierra, etc., among many others. Jalang came after Erkill, but they did not cross paths. The folks that used Jalang are Georgy and Riad Aziz and it is sad to see the state that Jalang was in the last time I saw him in 2000. The guy was as skiny as a rail and had a vocal chord and other health problems. I did not recognize him and was embarassed when he introduced himself. This is a guy I used to see everyday that I woke up, for he had an apartment accross the street from my house. A cousin of his, Saul was also renting an apartment from us, thus I see this guy every day. But he lost so much weight that I passed him several times in the first few days I arrived not recognizing him. When Jalang was at his peak in the early 80s, they rented him a small one room nook behind the store that they rented from Alhaji Malick Gaye to sell spareparts. He stayed there until he was broken. Arenas around Gambia were filled to capacity at his peak, how did he end up in that one room nook? I guess there are Don kings all over this world. Jalang had a big heart and what ever little he made he spent it on his people, for they came in droves from their village and stayed with him. Unlike the wrestlers in Senegal, Jalang, like many Gambian wrestlers/athletes before him, was used by the brokers of the game. May his soul rest in peace. Chi Jaama Joe >From: Ams Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: A Tribute to Jalang, the wrestler >Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:02:25 EDT > >Wow! How do you keep your Long Term Memory Span in such sharp shape? You're >real brother. >Do you remember the female [Guinean] wrestler that came to challenge Balla >and he chickened out? I remember the two that came out to challenge her >were: >Samba Jama [Truck/cab Driver] and Sampierre [the Lasso Wharf, bully]. > >Wahh Duul! Noppi Deyh! Yahya's interpretation: Absolutely, no dissenting >voice against Yahya or A[F]PRC, or NIA thugs will beat, maimed or kill >victim; >Being apolitical or intimidated, ultimate faith is Suddent Death Syndrome, >#1 >killer of Gambians since July 22, 1994 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~