Saiks Samateh wrote: DEAR G-LERS When the Europeans and the Arabs came to Africa we did not only lose much of our traditional religions,they made us to believe that ours is a pagan religion,they enslave us and polluted our minds with Christianity and Islam,our own names are almost dying out,Momodou,Fatou,John,Mary are more common names,this is wrong and something must be done.I am interested in collecting typical Gambian names from any tribe in the Gambia and I am appealing to you for help.Please send me the ones you know and please let me know from which of the tribes and I will do the rest of the research.I have also been very interested in Gambian songs and story telling,I still do some collections,if you have any and want to share it with me it ,that will be great. For Freedom Saiks >> ********************** Saiks, How about the following FEMALE NAMES: Jabou ( This name is found in Fula, Jola, Mandinka and Zulu (l have a Zulu friend of many years named Jabou, the Zulu also say Jabulani, and it means happiness or love? in Zulu) Penda ( Wollof, maybe others) Jahu (wollof) Huri (wollof) Ancha (wollof) Raabbi (wollof) Horeja (wollof) Tanor (wollof, my fanafana ancestors) l think this one can be either male or female Fama (wollof, Fula) Jainaba (wollof, fula) Jangkeh (wollof) Naaboh (wollof) MALE: Saiarr (wollof) Balla (wollof) Sengan ( Sererr) Samory ( Fula?) Wandifeng (Jola?) Karamo (Mandinka) Abba (Mandinka) Bakary ( Mandinka, Wollof) Too sleepy to think of anymore right now. The ones that l have referred to as being wollof names can be names used by other groups too, since l am no expert in this. Regards, 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------