I have a Gambian (Mandinka) friend named Balangka, which I didn't see on the list. Ylva On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Seynabou Secka wrote: > Hi there I will add to the list of names: > > Ngor (Serere ) > > Jogoy (Serere) > > Mayekor (Serere) > > Coumba (used by different ethnic groups; and means creativity in Swahili) > > Jojo (wolof) > > Nyanya (wolof) > > Botor ( Fanafana ) > > Nogay (Wolof) > > Houdja (wolof). > > But, > I think that we've borrowed lot of names from the Arabs but we've add some > cultural originality by making them sound more Gambian or Senegalese (i.e > Seynabou meaning Zeynab ; Baboucar meaning Aboubakr and so on. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------