Hi Everyone, I apologise for any misunderstanding. I read Jabou's posting in a hurry, and did not want to include names that were already mentioned. I have only praise for her. Cheers. Momodou >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: COLLECTING TYPICAL GAMBIAN NAMES >Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 11:38:24 EDT > >In a message dated 8/8/99 7:40:21 AM Central Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > ><< Momodou > > PS I'm not sure whether Jabou added the following to her list : Nyanya, > Kojo, Hoyan, Njuga, Anna, Yassin, Oseh, Ebu, Bola, Abioseh, Tunde etc I >am > not suggesting that these are 'typical' Gambian names, but are names that > are not common on the List. > >> >***************** >Momodou, > >My understanding is that Saiks is looking for names that do not have an >English or Arabic origin, but are names that were used in our culture >before >our encounter with the Western World or Islam, i.e. traditional >Mandinka, >Wollof, Jolla, Sererr names, just to name a few since there are certainly >many more groups in Gambia. Some of the names you have mentioned above >such >as Ebou and Yassin clearly have Arabic origins, and the name Anna l would >guess has an English origin or at least Western. The other ones such as >Kojo, Oseh, Bola , Abiosa, Tunde l will venture to guess have maybe >Nigerian >or Ghanaian origins? Just a guess on this one. > >Jabou > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------