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kiwi
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 Posted - 21 Jan 2007 : 21:20:22
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My friend told me that the name Senegal comes from a misunderstanding - a man standing beside his boat, was asked a question and he answered Sunugaal, meaning ”my boat” . It then became Senegal. Is it based on facts or is it a myth?
He also said that Dakar comes from Wolof word n'dakar: (or daxaar) for tamarind tree (answer to a misunderstood inquiry).
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sab
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 : 22:13:20
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Did you visit http://www.studiosankara.com/sunugaal.html that Galo Sowe posted some weeks back in General Forum/Europe by boat?
Sunagaal - a boat, that comes together.
I have been told the song (in Woloff)is saying 'Give us what you told us, what you promised - harrowing pictures......
Should u have problems with my link - go to his one.
sab.
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The world would be a poorer place if it was peopled by children whose parents risked nothing in the cause of social justice, for fear of personal loss. (Joe Slovo - African revolutionary) |
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kiwi
Sweden
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 : 23:24:52
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I have seen the video.
I was supposed to say "our boat", not my boat. |
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kiwi
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Newfy
Western Samoa
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Posted - 23 Jan 2007 : 04:09:30
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| Thank you Sab and Kiwi. I had not seen this musical video. So sad, so many lives made difficult by just wanting to live. |
The law an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
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sab
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Jan 2007 : 21:33:50
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Kiwi, website much appreciated.....and the 'Sunugaal' words, what more do I need to say?
sab.
None can be at peace while others wallow in poverty and insecurity / Mandela
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