Penda means love in Swahili. Louise [log in to unmask] wrote: > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------