ويليام أندريا ..

Quote: وليم أنرديا بيتر كان يعتبر من عمالقة كرة السلة في السودان وكان عازف وصاحب فرقة جاز مشهورة قتل إبان غزوة محمد نور سعد للخرطوم وتم قتله بواسطة الجيش السوداني عقب الأحداث التي صاحبة غزوة محمد نور سعد (المرتزقة) كانت هناك حملات تفتيش بعد دحر جنود محمد نور سعد وفي صباح باكر خبط الجنود على باب منزله لغرض تفتيشه طلب منهم إبلاغ ناس البيت وأوصد الباب في وجوههم وهنا إنهمر الرصاص من خلال الباب ليردوه قتيلا. هذه هي الرواية التي سمعت عنه والله أعلم

Quote: الأخ وليم سلام ممكن تكتب نبذة عن الرجل الأسطورة : وليم أندريه نصار

Quote: Salam Esam, I read your post about William Andrea and felt I should contribute with whatever little information I know about that great man. I was 17 years old when Mr. Andrea was gunned down and i vividly remember the shock and awe and sadness that afflicted the Sudanese people as a result of that unfortunate incident. The whole country was in shock because of the so-called Mohamed Nour Saad's مرتزقة movement, and the death of that great man compounded the shock and sorrow. Yes, he was a great basketball player. Yes, he was a great and talented jazz musician (كفر و وتر ) And yes, unfortunately, his life was cut short prematurely by a bunch of unscrupulous soldiers. Of course, no one knows exactly what happened that day, but I am very confident that when Mr. Andrea innocently opened the door for those soldiers, he was most likely carrying a guitar and not a gun There was a famous jazz band at the time and it was called فرقة جازالاصابع and I am not quite sure if that was William Andrea's jazz band or Kamal Kaila's or someone else's (my memory is letting me down here), I hope someone will correct me if I am wrong. I know I added nothing to the information already posted by some of the brilliant people who responded to your post, but I hope I at least confirmed some of that information. Once again, I apologize for writing to you in English, as it is more convenient in my case and I assume you have no problem understanding it. Sincerely, Wahid Sudani min Ajdadina Algudama

(عدل بواسطة عصام دهب on 05-11-2009, 11:34 AM)

Quote: Salam Esam, I would like to thank you for posting my email and for those kind words. You really elevated my mood and prompted me to dig even more to unearth some interesting information about this legend. Here is a link for a site that is worthy of looking at. http://www.sudanforum.net/showthread.php?t=46527 I hope this will add a piece to puzzle and help educating the great Sudanese people about one of their (almost) forgotten greats. Note that according to some of the postings on this forum, a couple of contemporary Sudanese singers are using Mr. Andrea's songs without attributing them to him or bestowing the man with the proper acknowledgment. Sincerely,

(عدل بواسطة عصام دهب on 05-14-2009, 11:46 AM)