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Santanfara
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 Posted - 03 Jul 2007 : 20:22:24
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every night a leather skill worker locally non as farabo will take orders from diferent clients to sew different leather materials into belts , bags and some times shoes in a remote gambian village.
the man is so skilled customers come far and wide for his products. his name is madikay .madikay became very famous in sandu area and wulli area of the Gambia . his fame reach far and wide up to sami and niani and even janjanbureh island. as young boys we use to buy the latest belts and sandals from madikay and even scholl backs. he was gifted people will always say but madikay was hard working and intelligent .
he some times work all night to complete the huge customer orders .
so one faithful night madikay was doing what the wolof will call banye lal ( refusing to sleep ) all night just to complete orders ,this nature of him usually coincide with the time of bad youths .youths in rural area's go out at night for bad behaviours .so madikay knows many hidden secrets of the village ,cus he is awake all night. he see's many evil things but he is always kept quite about what he show.
see nothing and say nothing is his policy .
but madikay is an elder of the village and his opinion counts .so one faithful night the youths came to him with an offer he can't refuse .this are bad youths ,petty thiefs .this youths stole three chickens ,this chickens belong to the son of the late imam whom every body in the village knows his quick tempar and hardheartedness. madikay was innocent all along untill the youths told him '' we have three big chickens but we don't have the money to buy cooking oil ,onions,tomatoes and some other spices to cook our chickens''.
madikay though about the matter for a while and said to the youths ''don't tell any body about the issue '' to which the whole youths aggree in unison. madikay gave them the money to buy the ingredients .the chicken was well cooked and they all ate it happily.
guess what happen next ?
i will have my own diner now and pray asar ,then i wil complete the true stroy.thanks
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Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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toubab1020
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Posted - 03 Jul 2007 : 21:26:09
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| Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh............there was me thinking that was true .........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 04 Jul 2007 : 01:12:52
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Originally posted by toubab1020
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh............there was me thinking that was true .........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
toubab , trust me on this it is a true story. it happens round about 1985 ,i was about may be 7 years .
now lets continue .
after eating the chicken soup for late night diner and drank waraka or ataya bunoi ,they bid each other good night. but the following morning ,things did not start well for the late imam's son call morro . he always wakes up for his fajr salah(early morning prayer ) to the sound of his chicken's every early morning. but this time he did heard any thing.he continue sleeping untill his wife wakes him up . aaah ,moro was the standing imam so the villagers became worried .they start asking each other ''did the imam travel ,why didn't he attend fajr prayers ''? they enquire .so morro's first purpose was to find out what happen to his big chickens .he look all round the neigbourhood to no avail. he start asking and threatening .he goes like this '' if anybody stole my hen's please bring them if not i deal with the person or persons spiritually and legally .'' i will katime you ''.well some of you out there will know what a katime is .it is a dangerous mathematical combinations mix in with some names of jinns. so all the children in village and youngs boys where terrified about morro's barking walking the lenght and breath of the village. our ants ,uncles ,fathers ,mothers you name them start pulling us aside ,asking ''did you take part in the chicken theft ? '' yes or no ?. well this went on untill midday when morro gave his final ultimatum , '' identify yourselves or you will get mad '' .what? the youngs boy though to themselves .suddently some started coming forward blaming each other. it was m jawneh's idea ,no it was m bayo's idea ,it went on .untill they name each other to the last person. then a village meeting was convine .it was headed by the alkalo and other village elders includinh alh sajo darbo ,demba jafune ,pa suso ,kebilli etc and many more.
the villagers where asking morro what would he accept as a fair replcaement for his chickens ? he said he wants the dead hens brought back to life or else he continue with his wish to make the boys mad. .this is funny now to me but then it wasn't .
my aunt was the head of the women and she was a no noncence lady .so i was scolded three times on suspicions of my involvement in theft but i wasn't part of the big boys game.
the elders pleaded with moro untill he accept a money offer of D100 for three hens .D100 was a lot of money then but that is the amount that will quench moro's thirst. he was given D100 by the parents of the boys .but then before moro accept the money he asked the boys '' who help you to buy ingredients for the hens ''? they looked at each other and they said madikay .what he exclaimed ? they reppeat Madikay jafune give us D5 to guy all we need.
then the matter went back to square one. Moro said madikay most be called to give his own account .
every body was sadden by madikays involvement. this is a close knit village where to shamed means exile or death .it is just now that things changed but our elders use to die from been publicly shamed. yes this is true.
so Madikay was summond by the Alkaliba. he came head bow dowm. he seated close to the alkalo .he was aksed whether he took part in the theft of moro's hens ,to which Madikay made this famous quotation so please pass it on it is in mandinka but i will try to translate it in english. he said '' nnin katato yela yela nninkatato mela hemela ''. if a troublesome person goes to bed then you are in bed but if a troublesome person is awake then you are awake ''some may have a better explanation .the alkalo persisted untill madikay admit giving them the money to buy the ingredients.he was fine some money and warned never to take part such criminal acts.
madikay was deeply embarrased . he couldn't even to the shops ,he later left the village with a heavy heart and he resettle a village close to bansang ,the petty criminals made us lost our only skilled leather worker in the village .shame on them . but madikays quotation bears truth .today yahya jammeh is a katato .if he wish jail for you ,jail you go .sad indeed. good night. madikay is now deceased .may his soul rest in peace.amen |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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toubab1020
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Posted - 04 Jul 2007 : 12:37:06
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| Let Madikay rest in peace,Santanfara,I really enjoyed that story,it was sad and Madikay appears to have had his life ruined,if there is a hidden meaning to this story I suppose it would be something like, Always do good and be respected, make an error and lose everything. Good Night. |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 04 Jul 2007 : 14:29:16
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Originally posted by toubab1020
Let Madikay rest in peace,Santanfara,I really enjoyed that story,it was sad and Madikay appears to have had his life ruined,if there is a hidden meaning to this story I suppose it would be something like, Always do good and be respected, make an error and lose everything. Good Night.
thanks toubab , you said the truth .people then where very strict with norms. but now i guess it would have been ,so what . |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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leokat
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Jul 2007 : 19:48:27
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Yesterday my b/friend tell me he get a fine new white hen. Am thinking maybe I should ask him where he got it from as it could be history repeating itself
I do not really think so lowly of my man - honestly - but the story make me laugh  because as soon as I read it I am thinking of his new chicken . |
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Santanfara
3460 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2007 : 21:48:41
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Originally posted by leokat
Yesterday my b/friend tell me he get a fine new white hen. Am thinking maybe I should ask him where he got it from as it could be history repeating itself
I do not really think so lowly of my man - honestly - but the story make me laugh because as soon as I read it I am thinking of his new chicken .
leokat , then young boys use to steal other peoples hens for late night parties . but now things have change a bit . a chicken box from holland cost about D300 so no more stealing . |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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