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bamba
Sweden
401 Posts |
 Posted - 22 Mar 2006 : 08:38:07
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Bantaba is a "hang out" a meeting place where mostly men meet in a village to discuss all possible types of issues. Women in villages use the Bantaba for drumming and dancing whenever they have such occasions.
Wolofs making fun of Manjagoes, forget it, it's not typically wolof. Every tribe in Gambia has something to joke about the other. It's politicians who militate for such for political power. |
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Edited by - bamba on 22 Mar 2006 09:43:29 |
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kassma
334 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2006 : 18:39:25
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thanks bamba
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2006 : 19:27:08
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Manjagoes typically stayed in areas where rice cultivation is predominant and are mostly from the Guinea Bissau area. The only area where they were highly concentrated in the Gambia is Kuntaur. I do not know why and almost every manjago has some realtions there. A lot of them also worked on the tug boats transporting peanuts to Saro (Denton Bridge) manily from Kuntaur wher there was a milling machine for rice. They owned a lot of the rice fields in Kuntaur.
Tribes have made fun of each other and has never been a problem. There were" cousin" jokes. Like between Mandinka and Fulani, Jola and Serere or Fulani. They evolved as a consequence of war in which parties have agreed to recognise each other as families and hence forth it will never betray each other or sometime because they went through hardship and supported each other. Corrupt politicians have used tribe to create divsions we have seen today.
I have not met a Jola who could not speak mandinka and infact there were mandinka chiefs in Foni even though Jolas were in the majority. We have lived in harmony and i was never conscious of my tribe. It only started in the last 10 years to take a political dimension which led to the death of NADD.
Yaya was the State House Commander even though he was Jola and from a minority tribe and so were many big PPP supportes like OJ, Kiti Jabang, Kama Badgie, Fatou Sallah who were not mandikos. This issue of tribal sentiments in politics is only surfacing now than ever before. Yaya infact cannot complain of not being priviledged. he had scholarship to train in the United States, rose to positions of power in the Army and so were baboucarr jatta, Lang Tombong even before the coup. We need to be objective and give the devil his due. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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bamba
Sweden
401 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2006 : 20:58:42
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| It's even said that Yaya speaks better wolof than Jola. If true, it further indicates the fraternal interactions of the Gambian tribes. All was going well until African politics came in. Some African politicians are digrace to the black race. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2006 : 21:23:54
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The PPP national president was not mandinka and infact the fisrt credible opposition to Jawara was led by Sheriff Dibba who was mandinka. He must be credited for the being the first and only cabinet member to have resign his position as a rersult of actions of family members. Sheriff's brother was caught selling Gambian currency in Senegal which was smelted for ornaments and was using a Government vehicle allocated to Sheriff then Finance minister. It was the famous "butut" scandal. The butut is the samllest currency unit in the Gambia
We may never know the truth but atleast he resigned for embarassment his brother caused. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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bamba
Sweden
401 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 09:08:08
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Kondorong, you have some explaining to do. What do you mean by "PPP's national president was not a Mandinka"; do you mean Jawara? Converting to christianity doesn't make one less a member of the tribe he/she is born into. Jawara is always a mandinka irrespective of the religiuos demominaton he is in. Aku, in the actual sense of the word, is a religion and not a tribe. When wolofs say " Jawara Aku la" or mandinkas say " Jawara mu Aku woe lay ti" they dont mean his tribe, they mean his religion.
You yourself have family connections with mandinka Akus, dont you? |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 18:46:20
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| Kelepha samba led the PPP party. he died i believe in 1994 or 1995 from banjul. Jawara was a Mandinka by birth which is undisputed. May be i need to be more explicit. Some times i needed to summarise for time. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 21:22:40
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kondorong
sorry but what point are you trying to make. i think there are equally many people in this administration who are not jola, the VP, most ministers, the now-former head of army, and the one before him etc,??
i'm just trying to understand you, please dont misunderstand me  |
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taalibeh
Gambia
336 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 21:38:57
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Tribal sentiment should only be focused towards harmony, peaceful coexistence and nothing more. We the young generation should do everything to make sure we see eye to eye regardless of tribal connections. That will will help us a great deal in nurturing peace and understanding amongst ourselves and provide our children a platform of cordial relations to build upon.
This is the principle of religon. We are all of religious connection - which ever one belongs. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 21:40:22
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| The reason why i said this was to explain to Kassma that we have lived together in the Gambia as tribes without problems. Politicians have tried to create the divsions for personal gains. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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taalibeh
Gambia
336 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 22:02:41
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Most politicians are not genuine. They try to put us at loggerheads for their personal gains. I just read a piece from Sundiata on the allgambian which is a best description of the present day african politicians.
They are really making me hate politics. Where they see benefits and advancement for people, they try to disintegrate it and pretend it is for the benefit of the masses. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 22:54:02
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| Amen |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Janyanfara
Tanzania
1350 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2006 : 22:30:50
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History of the Gambia
The Gambia was once part of the Ghana and the Songhai Empires. The first written accounts of the religion come from records of Arab traders in the 9th and 10th centuries AD. Arab traders established the trans-Saharan trade route for slaves, gold, and ivory. In the 15th century, the Portuguese took over this trade using maritime routes. At that time, The Gambia was part of the Mali Empire.
In 1588, the claimant to the Portuguese throne, Antonio, Prior of Crato, sold exclusive trade rights on The Gambia River to English merchants; this grant was confirmed by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I. In 1618, King James I granted a charter to a British company for trade with The Gambia and the Gold Coast (now Ghana). Between 1651 and 1661 part of Gambia was (indirectly) a colony of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; it was purchased by the Courlandish prince Jakub Kettler. At that time Courland, in modern-day Latvia, was a fiefdom of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Courlanders settled on James Island. They called it St. Andrews Island and used it as a trade base from 1651 until it was captured by the English in 1661.
During the late 17th century and throughout the 18th, England and France struggled continuously for political and commercial supremacy in the regions of the Senegal and Gambia Rivers. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possession of The Gambia, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the north bank of the river which was ceded to the United Kingdom in 1857.
As many as 3 million slaves may have been taken from the region during the three centuries that the transatlantic slave trade operated. It is not known how many slaves were taken by Arab traders prior to and simultaneous with the transatlantic slave trade. Most of those taken were sold to Europeans by other Africans; some were prisoners of intertribal wars; some were sold because of unpaid debts, while others were kidnapped. Slaves were initially sent to Europe to work as servants until the market for labor expanded in the West Indies and North America in the 18th century. In 1807, slave trading was abolished throughout the British Empire, and the British tried unsuccessfully to end the slave traffic in The Gambia. They established the military post of Bathurst (now Banjul) in 1816. In the ensuing years, Banjul was at times under the jurisdiction of the British governor general in Sierra Leone. In 1888, The Gambia became a separate colonial entity.
An 1889 agreement with France established the present boundaries, and The Gambia became a British Crown Colony, divided for administrative purposes into the colony (city of Banjul and the surrounding area) and the protectorate (remainder of the territory). The Gambia received its own executive and legislative councils in 1901 and gradually progressed toward self-government. A 1906 ordinance abolished slavery.
During World War II, Gambian troops fought with the Allies in Burma. Banjul served as an air stop for the U.S. Army Air Corps and a port of call for Allied naval convoys. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped overnight in Banjul en route to and from the Casablanca Conference in 1943, marking the first visit to the African Continent by an American president while in office.
After World War II, the pace of constitutional reform quickened. Following general elections in 1962, full internal self-government was granted in 1963. The Gambia achieved independence on February 18, 1965, as a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth. Shortly thereafter, the government proposed changing from a monarchy to a republic with an elected president replacing the British monarch as head of state. The proposal failed to receive the two-thirds majority required to amend the constitution, but the results won widespread attention abroad as testimony to The Gambia's observance of secret balloting, honest elections, and civil rights and liberties. On April 24, 1970, The Gambia became a republic within the Commonwealth, following a second referendum, with Prime Minister Dawda (later Sir Dawda) Kairaba Jawara, as executive President.
Until a military coup in July 1994, The Gambia was led by President Jawara who was re-elected five times. The relative stability of the Jawara era was broken first by a violent coup attempt in 1981. The coup was led by Kukoi Samba Sanyang, who, on two occasions, had unsuccessfully sought election to parliament. After a week of violence which left several hundred dead, Jawara, in London when the attack began, appealed to Senegal for help. Senegalese troops defeated the rebel force.
In the aftermath of the attempted coup, Senegal and The Gambia signed the 1982 Treaty of Confederation. The result, the Senegambia Confederation, aimed eventually to combine the armed forces of the two nations and to unify economies and currencies. The Gambia withdrew from the confederation in 1989.
In July 1994, the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) seized power in a military coup d'etat. The AFPRC deposed the democratically elected government of Sir Dawda Jawara and banned political activity. Lieutenant Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, chairman of the AFPRC, became head of state.
The AFPRC announced a transition plan for return to democratic civilian government. The Provisional Independent Electoral Commission (PIEC) was established in 1996 to conduct national elections. The transition process included the compilation of a new electoral register, adoption of a new constitution by referendum in August 1996, and presidential and legislative elections in September 1996 and January 1997, respectively. Retired Col. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh was sworn into office as President of the Republic of The Gambia on November 6, 1996. The PIEC was transformed to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on April 17, 1997. The IEC is responsible for registration of voters and conduct of elections and referenda.
The Gambia recently emerged from its isolation to accept a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council during 1998-99.
The IEC conducted a presidential election on October 18, 2001, during which President Jammeh was re-elected for a second 5-year term (2001-06). National Assembly and local government elections are scheduled for January and April 2002, respectively.
I shall give you more when time permits me later on.
Thanks
Mankajang Janyanfara
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sankahjang
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2006 : 10:17:03
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| with regard to the Gambian history, i would like to ask about some histories of jarra part of LRD. i used to hear about a chief, who was said to tied people with a chain on a stump of tree in the middle of his coumpound as a form of pumishment for certain crimes, is this true and who is that chief. and also can some one tell me some of the main historical events that took place in that part of the Gambia.PEACE! |
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Janyanfara
Tanzania
1350 Posts |
Posted - 05 Apr 2006 : 01:06:38
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Hi,
My brother are you Nuiminka?For I don't want Jarrankas to think I am selling them to the Nuiminkas.
For your question,
The chief was Sora Darboe.He was at Jarra Bureng and the chain he used to tie people was called Samirong(Though am no Jaranka,I have seen this chain)It is still visible in the middle of his compound in Sidi Kunda.This powerful chief was also alledged to have used short men and tall men carry a trunk of palm.The short man would have to add another small cut trunk on his head to level with the tall man.I learnt that during the evening,all short men are kept because the chief thinks they are so lousy.(Laughs)
Sora was removed from power and was followed by Saikou wuli Saidykhan who died while in power and then after election,sayfo Fafanding(don't know his surname) won the election and became chief.I think if Jammeh didn't remove him,He is still chief of Jarra East.
peace
Janyanfara |
Edited by - Janyanfara on 05 Apr 2006 01:10:46 |
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