Hi Everyone,
I apologise for any misunderstanding. I read Jabou's posting in a hurry, and
did not want to include names that were already mentioned. I have only
praise for her. Cheers.
Momodou
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>Subject: Re: COLLECTING TYPICAL GAMBIAN NAMES
>Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 11:38:24 EDT
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>In a message dated 8/8/99 7:40:21 AM Central Daylight Time,
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><< Momodou
>
> PS I'm not sure whether Jabou added the following to her list : Nyanya,
> Kojo, Hoyan, Njuga, Anna, Yassin, Oseh, Ebu, Bola, Abioseh, Tunde etc I
>am
> not suggesting that these are 'typical' Gambian names, but are names that
> are not common on the List.
> >>
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>Momodou,
>
>My understanding is that Saiks is looking for names that do not have an
>English or Arabic origin, but are names that were used in our culture
>before
>our encounter with the Western World or Islam, i.e. traditional
>Mandinka,
>Wollof, Jolla, Sererr names, just to name a few since there are certainly
>many more groups in Gambia. Some of the names you have mentioned above
>such
>as Ebou and Yassin clearly have Arabic origins, and the name Anna l would
>guess has an English origin or at least Western. The other ones such as
>Kojo, Oseh, Bola , Abiosa, Tunde l will venture to guess have maybe
>Nigerian
>or Ghanaian origins? Just a guess on this one.
>
>Jabou
>
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