Hi Everyone, As I indicated yesterday, I did not have time to read what everybody posted. And I missed this one from Jabou 'Ebou and Yassin clearly have Arabic origins'. I did not write Ebou. I wrote Ebu (pronounced Ehbu). As for Yassin, I know some Christians who have such a name. I am not going to guess its origin. I know there used to be a Russian goalkeeper called Yashin. The same with Anna. I know Muslims who have this name. It's possible that these names originated from other places. But that's why people do research, isn't? Cheers. Momodou >From: momodou njie <[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 12:08:22 PDT > >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------