Ebou Borom Bjl

Ebou Borom BJL

He rolls himself onto the streets awaiting any unfortunate wanderer to help push his wheelchair to his desired destination. 
 
Ebou:(sights Dawda coming from his house) Son Dawda kai puss mah behfitzgerald si bitiki Wurri b. 
 
Dawda is fed-up with this handicap but realizes he is broke and is playing Saihou's team on pose bu ndowtoday and needs some money.
 
Dawda: Haae! E yow tamit hamnga nehamulore foot you are handicapped, you need to waanyi sa dohh b boy! 
 
Ebou: Okay dayga naa la Shakespeare! So lan nga am si sa English exam b?  Suma raka pussal ma, amulore daralore deff. Togg rek d play warrgawarrga ak boyi teh hamnga sa bye Imam la. 
 
Dawda: Y E horlal new dem ma puss la.Sa wahh mungi dorr d barry.
 
Ebou: Ah do mann maa day waareh deh. 
 
Dawda: E naa former deh si digi talli b laa laa bye. Maa la gaina stress.
 
Ebou: (realizing he still needs the kid, diverts the conversation to something else) daymba chi guddi do yow laa ghiss ngai laaha konj ak Ida?
 
Dawda: Mann??? Mbahal bobu Lu ma core doyeh??
 
Ebou: kon Samba la. Mom dafa melni kunj tokhal meww. 
 
Dawda: Wahu ma deh. 
 
Ebou: tarpet nga nak
 
Dawda: wow jere-jeff.
 
They continue to the next street, Dawda already in a hurry to get rid of Ebou. 
 
Ebou: (sees Awa - Ida's elder sister - walking towards their direction) Awa!!! 
 
Awa: bul ma or! nga neh dangaa anj c ma yorka suma potti maalor b sangelew sah ghissu mako!
 
Ebou: bul merr nak awma worn kumapuss daymba teh maa nge sornon. (in an undertone) sa togga yu bon yoyu.
 
Awa: yow kenj wahh nenj.
 
Dawda:(after Awa passes) E belie yowpaco bu toi nga mann, nitkey invite la ngai am lore wahh.
 
Ebou: Mann my Ebou Exa-lens!! Surpehchepeh yi! khariti jegg yi!
 
Dawda: (chuckles) maneh aaga nenj. Pass ma fofu pound nak ma jane-dandoh. Natch b tanga na teh yow nehhulore puss.
 
Ebou: (not surprised at all but still attempts to out-smart the young lad) dang maa charge laygi?? Jaa-jeff!duggal nga wahh Wurri mu johh lanyarri mbussi ndohh. 
 
Dawda:(expecting this answer) manehjohh ma pound b rekk - naa jane-da cyorn b.
 
Ebou: Mann suma halis Ken du ko play-eh warrga warrga. 
 
Dawda: holal mungi irie. benen yorndinga sohla kula puss. First fool nafool, second fool na crays man. 
 
Ebou: okay am (counts 5dalasis in 50bututs denominations and hands it to him) ti-yale.
 
Dawda: sa way-chiti gumbo yi. Benenyorn nga wahh Essa mu puss la.
  
Ebou: (senses he may need him some other day) jere-jeff y. Daan nganakk. Sen Nawettan finals yi nga wahma kanj la yeah? Ma nyow settan sumayoung stars yi. 
 
Dawda: wayeah amutt stress.

Dawda leaves for the field all ready for the afternoon match with the boys. Ebou was left with Wurri under the tree next to his shop. Wurri does not really like this particular handicapped that makes his shop his "campeh" but he can't get rid of him because knowing the type of person he is, everybody in Banjul will know about it and he'll only be driving his customers away. Ebou was known everywhere. His story being a very sad one - he lost his feet in a car accident two years back. 

The Ebou before the accident was a taxi driver known all over BJL. He would collect ladies old and young from their homes and take them to the market, collect and take The DJ to and from his "sows", take the great "julla" - Baba Njie's kids to their schools in the kombos and take Pa Nderry - the founder and owner of the Watchman And Garrdeh Guddi Association (WAGGA) to his office. Everybody requested for his services. Every passenger loved his taxi. Nicely scented and well-kept. 

He hears every news first-hand. He knew Yassin the fufu seller gave birth to a baby boy before her husband did. Yassin nearly gave birth in his taxi. Ebou told that story for weeks. He was the one that took Ablie- the really smart boy that lives in James Senegal- to the airport when he was leaving for the States. Everybody knew about it the next day. Ebou would spread the news to everyone but would tell you off for telling him about someone. He can make an oustass feel guilty for talking about his Talibeh in the taxi. 
He saw Oumie - the really quiet girl that everybody believes is a good girl - with Samba the "pone-Katt" under the mango tree doing their dirty deeds. People think he's crazy when he calls Oumie a "bandi-guddi". 

He is the only Ebou in BJL that called Imam Ibrahim "tomma tom". He would get breakfast, lunch and dinner for free from the ladies old and young - they all enjoyed his company.Akara in the morning, rice in the afternoon and afra or lahass at night.

Ebou was dating Pa Nderry's maid Sohna but she expected him to "werrseh" every night, so it didn't work out well. He preferred Therese - she was very "yormba-aferr". 

On the day of his accident he had just dropped off Therese at her house in Talinding and was trying to make it home before the Chelsea match against Arsenal started. The match was supposed to start at 6pm and he was at Denton Bridge around quarter past 6. Ebou checked his watch immediately he passed the bridge and realizing he is going to miss one of the most important matches this season and won't be able to argue with the kotors if that's the case, decided to press the gear to a 120km/hr from its current 80km/hr speed. Just as he was finishing the cemetery, a guy on a bike was crossing the road. As he swerved to avoid him, a truck coming at an opposite direction knocked his rear end and Ebou's car went straight ahead and hit a pillar of the Arch. People thought he was dead. Ebou would still boast about being the only man in the Gambia to hit the Arch and get away with it. 

Ebou: Wurri pass ma braadaa kaas be fofu y.
 
Wurri: barrki demba nga pareh clean-u lore ko. Tei sore pareh teh clean-u lore ko next time nga ooti kulaaabal. 
 
Ebou: maneh abal ma lee yow, sa wahhbarry na! Nga isil ma stool b tamit,hamnga mann maa day saffal sa fee.Laygi kotor yi aksi!
 
Wurri: (brings the stool, "brada" and "kass") deffal naanaa chi Chine bdeh! Last time yaa nge by sa loho, first brada melni last brada.
 
Ebou: kanj la peul kham ataya? Do yow chi mann nga first naan ataya? 
 
Wurri: (snorts) 
 
Ebou: (takes out a new D25 note and hands it to Wurri) johh mafa bena paketti warrga, 3D pasti ak potti sukurr. Nga jail fa haalisi attaya buma la amel.
 
Wurri: fore forreh kalpeh naar?
 
Ebou: yow dumala farleh, more takh dinga yaaga si sa pukuss be.