Thanks Luntang & Dr. Jaiteh. I met up with one of my friends and he too doesn't know "fuloop." Thanks, Yero There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone! Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:47:58 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [G_L] FW: [G_L] Mandinka - Sosse; Wollof- Suruwaa; Fulbeh - Fula; Jola - ??? To: [log in to unmask] Luntang and Yero, Thanks for this lead. Ajaamantaw seem to be plausible but we need our Jola folk to confirm it for us. Malanding On 7/10/2011 8:25 AM, Luntang wrote: Thank a lot Mr. Jallow I was going to answer this but was not sure of the correct spelling then have to wait for someone like yourself. You are right the Jolas call themselves AJAAMANTAW OR JAAMANTAW . The Mandinka called Themselves " ALL THOSE WHO SPEECH LANGUAGE OF NKO " OR SIMPLY NKO .I bet Mr Jallow know well why we referred to you as FULA . Luntang On 9 July 2011 16:41, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dr. Jaiteh, I was a little busy but had this reply to your post. I will hopefully verify this word, "fuloop" with some of my friends. Thanks, Yero There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone! From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: [G_L] Mandinka - Sosse; Wollof- Suruwaa; Fulbeh - Fula; Jola - ??? Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 18:34:53 -0500 Dr. Jaiteh, I am a foninka who hitch on the Jola language after years of less interaction. The best days I had in my life was when I reared cows (fuh mahtaf) in the bush with some of my Jola friends. It is really sad that we have a foninka in the person of Jammeh whose records has come to largely define both the Jolas and foninkas. It is similitude to September 11 on the Twin Towers that came to wrongly define all Muslims. For those that see the other side of the coin, Jammeh's baggage goes beyond defining the Jola tribe or particular Gambian locality. Jammeh does have a cross section from all tribes in the Gambia as his accomplices, sadly! For example, people like Syngle Nyassi are the last hopes of the UDP, and in all honesty the man has kept to his vibrancy and fire from day one, while the likes of Waa Juwara, Ganji Touray and Mambahjerik Njie quickly saw the honey dripping from Jammeh's quarters and decided to go in for it, despite the torture meted out to them or their colleages. I must say, Jolas in nature are very loyal and peaceful. They are good neighbors who harmonize greatly to their surrounding. They toil so hard and like to fully practice their cultures. The biggest is "fuh tamfaf," simply circumcision. There, you get to enjoy the masquerades red Kankurang, the night fambondi, the mamapata, the bukarabu, the special herb drink 'Bunka yabei', etc... Coming back to your enquiry, despite the fact that I have little knowledge in history, I remember well my social studies teacher (Mr. Jallow) telling me in elementary school that the term "Jola" comes from Mandinka and it means just the same as its term usage in Mandinka, that is "a person who pays back (reciprocate) anything done to him/her." The historical account you forwarded could be a very accurate fact, though I haven't heard of the term "Fulop" in reference to the Jolas. I have heard of a term "Jahmaataw." In fact that is what most Jolas call themselves. Yero There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone! > Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:30:32 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [G_L] Mandinka - Sosse; Wollof- Suruwaa; Fulbeh - Fula; Jola - ??? > To: [log in to unmask] > > Folks, > do we have another name for Jola, perhaps one of their own? Several > instances I have seen Floop /Feloop country used in maps or text (before > 1900) to refer to the people of present day Foni. Francis Moore in 1723 > wrote "...over against the James Fort (James Island), the empire of > Fonia and but a little way inalnd are a sort of people call'd Floops.. > Their country is vast extent but they have no King among them... their > towns ... independent of each other..' He went on to state what he may > have gotten from his Mandinka handlers "...these Floops have the > character never to forgive or let the least injury go un-revenged; but > then, to make amends, the least good office done them is always repaid > by them with a grateful acknowledgment.." Has this badge of honor > earned them the name Jola /Jorrlaa ( in Mandinka)? Any insights? > > Malanding Jaiteh > > $B!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!" 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