Oko, in all the narratives little mention is being made of FANALS and lanterns of course were cultural activities central to all happenings, from RULAY HUTUMBAS to FAMARA AWAL NEE. I REMEMBER ELIZABETAN, FOOLS GAMBEL ETC. Can you digress a bit and talk about the fanals please, the best florists and boat builder, drum beaters etc. >From: Oko Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: SOLDIER TOWN / Prince Coker >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:13:54 +0100 > >Soldier town friend, > >I thank you very much for your wonderful piece and I hope that you >remember I lived in lancaster street at number 38a next to the house of >the Imam of Banjul. > >All the people you mentioned in your article were very close, school >mates, football mates, gang rivals. I am thrilled by your story, I know >all the names, some of whom I lost even though you did not mention Gadi >and a few other names, but I want us to leave that to our dear brother >and the keeper of the golden torch of soldier town, Mr. Prince Coker, >who is my elder brother and a day to day partner of my deceased brother >Pindo Drammeeh. Prince can go deeper and further, beyond my age and >range in Soldier town. > >He can teach us more and I look forward very much that he will have the >time in this short period to elaborate more detailed on this story of >social life in soldier town. Although you cannot mention all the names >in one article, and therefore not mentioning doesn't mean not remembering. > >I look forward to the article of Prince, otherwise I'll call him and >take over if he's too busy, and I'll forward you a complementary >addition to your wonderful piece. > >God bless you, and please remember Belaye Chorr of #4 Peel street in >Banjul. may his soul rest in peace. > >Oko Drammeh >Soldier town migrant > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~