Kotor Sheikh Tijan
Thanks for reminding og these gentlemen in the pakin
society.
I did know ALL of them. Among of them, the following
were my favorities;
Uncle Salieu Deen was someone we used to be afraid of
because he was strict with way wayward kids like
myself who used to live at Hope Street and its
surroundings. Uncle Salieu Deen used to live at
Macdonald Street, he was a brilliant member of both
the Hunting and Pakin Society. May his soul rest in
peace.
Uncle Mbye Jagne was another character, he was very
versed in singing the Catholic lyrics. Moreover, he
was highly known for making jokes, his classic one was
on the Swedish trying to organise a GAMO. Uncle Mbye
tried to make a mockery of the swedish language and
this caused a lot of laughter among those who used to
listen to his jokes. May his soul respect in peace.
By the way, I did n't known Uncle Basirou Deen has
passed away. Though, i had little contact with him , I
could still remember his days with OLD PA.
Thanks for refreshing my memory
Sanusi
--- Sheikh Tejan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sanusi,
> Let me add to your list the following people whom i
> knew as part of the
> pakin society when i was a
> teenager ;
> Late Mbye Jagne , Zito or commonly know as " cherre
> mew " Omor lofty ,
> My good friend the late
> Dan Mahoney , Late Basirou Deen "Oloko ", and Late
> Salieu Deen among
> others.
> Chi Jamma ,
>
> Sanusi Owens wrote:
>
> > Kebba
> >
> > When it comes to PAKIN and HUNTING, there is a lot
> to
> > write from my end, since I am told that my Grand
> > Father was the AGBA for the PAKIN society called
> "OLD
> > PA." "Old Pa" had likes of Alpha and Amadou, these
> two
> > gentleman came from Sierra Leone and stayed in the
> > Gambia until their death Alpha and Amadou were
> very
> > skilfull with beating these PAKIN drum-BATTA.
> Apart
> > from Old Pa, you had "Young Boys" this society as
> its
> > name indicates comprises of young gambians who
> tried
> > to Gambianised the Pakin Society.
> >
> > With regard to HUNTING, their venue was Louvel
> Square,
> > In fact the First Hunting Society to be founded in
> the
> > Gambia was ODELEH by the late Pa William Daniels,
> a
> > Dispenser at RVH. Odeleh has its meeting place at
> No
> > 12 Louvel Square. After the brief demise of this
> > society, you had other societies like DOGOMORO now
> > known as Ekun Baba Odeh founded by the likes of
> > Salieu John alias Ebuh John, Wole Cates and many
> > others. This society had its meeting place at 14
> > Louvel Square. Just imagine having 2 hunting
> societies
> > in the same street, there was always FEAR that
> their
> > members would fight each other.
> > In 1975, a new society was founded by the TWIN
> > brothers called Essau and Jacob, their society was
> > called OMOJESSA. It had its meeting place at
> Stanley
> > Street. This was the first time Hunting came to
> Banjul
> > North.
> >
> > Following the death of Pa Daniels and Uncle MackIe
> > Njie in 1976 and 1977 respectively, a new society
> was
> > founded in Serrekunda. It was called IGIE OROKO,
> this
> > was history in the making, since Hunting was a
> Krio/
> > Oku Marabo thing and bringing it to the kombos
> meant
> > other ethnic groups took up the culture.
> >
> > More to follow.
> >
> > Sanusi Owens
> >
> > --- Kebba Foon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >
> > Correction: OKU MARABU instead of OKO MARABU
> > >
> > > Kebba Foon
> > > > From: Kebba Foon <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Date: 2004/01/22 Thu PM 11:17:45 GMT
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: [>-<] RE: SOLDIER TOWN---WHAT
> ABOUT
> > > BANJUL CENTRAL and ????
> > > >
> > > > > Sanusi,
> > > >
> > > > You are very right the activities like
> HUNTING,
> > > PAKING, BUKI BAMBARA AND ITS FATOU JAMONO were
> all
> > > stationed in Banjul Central. I THINK SAY YOU GO
> TELL
> > > WE MORE ABOUT THEM OKO MARABU THEM END THE PAKIN
> AND
> > > HUNTING THEM (Laugh).
> > > >
> > > > Kebba Foon
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I submit to you that if a man hasn't
> discovered
> > > something he will die for,
> > > > he isn't fit to live.
> > > > Martin Luther King Jr.,
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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