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Buharry,
I would want to know what my uncles, The Njayen did to convince good old
Mam Yallah adopt their name? All smell of power and politics.
Malanding
Amadu Kabir Njie wrote:
> "The list goes on. Who is responsible for this? Without venturing to
> cause
> an all out war, can it possibly be those with the four letter last
> name who
> seem to attach everything good and positive to their last name? You know
> those people? Those who eat so much but try to blame the Jobes for being
> "teet"...."
>
> Buharry,
>
> Phew!
>
> The "Mbarawachs" don't need to blow their own trumpet, you know;
> others do
> it for us. Remember Mam Yallah N...? :-)
>
> Bye the way, my uncles (my mother's first cousins) are Mbye, the late
> Proff.
> Lamin Mbye, Dodou and Banja Mbye et. al, so I've never liked the
> negative tag attached to their name. When it is let loose on the Jobes
> however (they wouldn't even notice for they be busy chewing) I have never
> minded :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Kabir.
>
>
>
>
> On 5/9/06, Momodou Buharry Gassama <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi!
>> Is there anyone who like me has wondered what the Mbyes did to the
>> Wollofs? The Wollof language seems to have linked a lot of negative
>> attachments to their last name. Examples are:
>>
>> "Chem Mbye"
>>
>> "Teetan Mbye"
>>
>> "Nasahaan Mbye"
>>
>> "Nyaawaan Mbye"
>>
>> "Toyaan Mbye"
>>
>> The list goes on. Who is responsible for this? Without venturing to
>> cause
>> an all out war, can it possibly be those with the four letter last
>> name who
>> seem to attach everything good and positive to their last name? You know
>> those people? Those who eat so much but try to blame the Jobes for being
>> "teet". Me na call no name. Have a good day.
>>
>> Buharry.
>>
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