Saiks , some of the Arab names have their traditional names .Here are some of the common ones. ARABIC AFRICAN (most of these names are mandinka) MUHAMMED ------- MALANG MUSA---------- BALLA EBRIMA------- JANKO, SOLO, KANPANLIE SULAYMAN------- JUNKUNG , MANKI, SARJO ------- KONO SAINEY------- DO-TOR MARIYAM-------- SIIBOW, JANKAY FATOUMATA------ JOKOU ABUBAKARR------ JALANG , DEMBOU ,DEMBA M'BASSY(Arabic ??) SEEKUNOO (Very common in kombo Brikama ) BINTA, BINTOU------- MANTA SALLY (Arabic ???) JOLOKOU ALIEU------- SARJA (African???) ALAGIE------ BAMBOU ABDOULIE------ BAMBA I will find out more names for you later . Saiks, I dispute some of your points in the article but its too late to write with my chameleon speed. I got to go to bed. Will try to respond soon. lamin p.f. Manneh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------