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Abdoukarim, when I first met brother Lamin Janha, I was still in high school and beginning to dabble in radical politics. The African continent was on fire figuratively speaking. From South Africa to Senegal, and from The Gambia to Uganda, young Africans intellectuals were making their presence felt in the political realm. Wars of independence were either won as in the Mau Mau uprising under Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya, or were raging fiercely on elsewhere as in Guinea Bissau, Namibia and Mozambique among other countries.Tonya Youth Movement, a radical leftist organizationt were meeting on street corners throughout Banjul, and the message then as now was about workers rights and issues of poverty. The movement leaders included now Dr. Adama Mboge, same Musa Bala Gaye, Dr. Willie Baldeh, Junkunda Daffeh, Dr. Saja Taal and many others too many to mention. All these people were idealists and their messages appealed to those of us who were younger, but for me, the person who left the greatest impression was Lamin Janha. Lamin Janha was and still is an enigma to many Gambians, and part of the reason was that he is little known by most Gambians. He has never really planted roots in The Gambia. He went to Ghana like many other students from all over Africa under Kwame Nkrhuma's sponsorship and Nkrhuma was unto to something; the unification of Africa within a generation through the new breed of young Africans he was giving first class education in Ghana. Lamin Janha was one of those swept away into this Nkrhuma vision. In any case after Nkrhuma was toppled the wider African dream died and Mr. Janha was one of those who stuck with Nkrhuma until the master died in Conakry were he was on exile. Stokely Carmichael also a refugee from the U.S. was invited to live in Conakry with his South African refugee wife, Mariam Makeba by Sekou Touray. So there they were, Kwame Nkrhuma, Stokely Carmichael, Mariam Makeba and Lamin Janha all living in Conakry. Lamin Janha was the emmissary of Nkrhuma and Stokely Carmicheal, because the latter could not travel so freely, and Janha ran errands for them all over the world. It was Janha who was instrumantal in bringing Stokely Carmichael and Mariam Makeba on the memorable visit to The Gambia. Many governments like our under Jawara were scared of Stokely Carmichael stroking fires of rebellion around the continent as he had done in the U.S. with the Black Panther Party. Lamin Janha travelled between Gambia and Conakry very often. Each time he came I went to seek him out because he was the middleman between Stokely Carmichael and me and between Kwame Nkrhuma and me. I was corresponding with both and Jahna brought me their letters and delivered mine to them. The very last time, after Stokely Carmichael had visited Gambia with Makeba, Lamin Janha brought me back a autographed book " Africa Must Unite" by Kwame Nkrhuma. In it Kwame Nkrhuma had inscribed; "To my friend Matthew Thomas Jallow from Kwame Nkrhuma." That was before I dropped the one "t" from my name and replaced the middle name with my Fula name. This was incidentally Kwame Nkrhuma's last book. Lamin Janha had an impressive presence, but he was unlike members of Tonya Youth Movement unpretensious and sought no glorification but he was by far and away the only Gambia who ever impressed with is intellectualism. --- On Fri, 8/5/09, abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Who is Lamin Jangha? A Gambia student who help Kwame in exile.
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Date: Friday, 8 May, 2009, 3:18 PM
Jabou That why be great. There are lot of decent Gambian and African. It is unfortunate liberal imperialism have make us leave the continent. Stokely have mentioned a lot about Lamin, Gambia and Africa in general. Having seen the damage of neoliberalism in the name of globalisation in Africa and wider, this the age education and re-education to uplift the legacy of our great leaders. I am really over the moon when such a Gambian brother is still part of that dynamics. Lamin need to share his thought and experience given the fact that he is well grounded with pre and post independence liberation struggle. Sainey Faye and Wassa Fatti have also help my quest for Lamin Jangha and once again I thank you all for your contribution.
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 09:47:55 -0400 From: [log in to unmask]Subject: Re: Who is Lamin Jangha? A Gambia student who help Kwame in exile. To: [log in to unmask]
Thanks Brother Abdu. I had the opportunity to meet Stokely three times, twice through brother Lamin Jangha and once when he gave a talk at Morehouse College in Atlanta.I will try to trace brother Lamin so he can tell us his experience in his own words.
Jabou
-----Original Message----- From: abdoukarim sanneh < [log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask]Sent: Fri, 8 May 2009 4:17 am Subject: Re: Who is Lamin Jangha? A Gambia student who help Kwame in exile.
Jabou Lamin Jangha is counted among the Great sons and daughters of our continent. I recommend youths of my generation to read Stokely's account with the brother in the book ready for the revolution. Thanks for the information.
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 15:22:22 -0400 From: [log in to unmask]Subject: Re: Who is Lamin Jangha? A Gambia student who help Kwame in exile. To: [log in to unmask]
Brother Abdu,
Lamin Jangha is a very good friend and brother of mine but i lost touch with him, having last seen him back in the mid to late 70's. He was indeed one of the students who were sent to study in Ghana and has told me about it many times. I do not remember details but i remember that much. He was married ot an African American sister named Njerry and they lived in Silver Spring Maryland. I ma not sure if he is related to Sarra Janha or not.
We have mutual friends and I will ask them of his whereabouts.
A great brother and the nicest guy you ever want to meet and a Pan Africanist to the bone.
Jabou Joh
-----Original Message----- From: abdoukarim sanneh < [log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask]Sent: Thu, 7 May 2009 1:28 pm Subject: Who is Lamin Jangha? A Gambia student who help Kwame in exile.
Folks Can anyone help. Reading Ready for Revolution- The life and struggle Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) there is a lot mentioned about of Gambia student Lamin Jangha which is not only interesting but instructive on the spirit of the times in Africa. According to Stokely Carmichael account-" Lamin Jangha is a wolof boy born in Gambia. At 13 he was among one hundred Gambian youth selected by the Gambia Independence movement to study in Ghana, which was newly independent" Stokely Carmichael continued " Lamin after completing his lasy year in High School in Ghana when the coup happened in 1966 was heartbroken, then outraged. He decided to graduate, then to make his way to Guinea to work for the Osageyfo. Folks Stokely Carmichael also make a historical narration of him. Lamin Jangha and Mariam Makeba ant their journey to the Gambia, Ethopia, Ghana, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Senegal, Liberia and the Caribebean. In the book Lamin Jangha remember," In those years we really travelled a lot. I when with Stokely Marmichael on mission in Africa and one thing about Kwame Ture is that I never seen him to be the slightest bit uncomfortable, or out of place, in any Black country. Lamin Jangha when on accordingly in the book to give an account Stokely Carmicheal Visit to the Gambia. "Once in Gambia, after the government were reluctant to admit Kwame and Miriam, the youth mobilised serious pressure. The government got real cooperative, real quick. Then we crashed the president's New Jaguar. A brand-new Black Jaguar. Of course it was an accident. So many stories,my brother. So many stories" Please can any aware of the event tell we the young folks who is Lamin Jangha? Please Sainey, Wassa and Abdoulie come on! A lot happened and Stokey Carmichael wrote this book before he died. A courageous and consistent black revolutionary of his generation. Long live his spirit! Who is Lamin Jangha? It he talking about the historian Ebou Jangha? Please help!
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