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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> > something he will die for,
> > he isn't fit to live.
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