The Gambia
Facts and historical events related to The Gambia, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- Check out our stunning beauties at the Miss World 1967 pageant... The Gambia (Janie Jack), Ghana (Araba Mar…
- Gabonese captain, Pierre Aubameyang is being fined US$10,000 by CAF for posting images of the national team…
- #OTD in 1994 that Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia overthrew the government of President Jawara. He immediately p…
- Lest we forget, let us all wish a happy Independence Day to all Gambians! The Gambia secured its independen…
- The 21 safest countries to travel to in Africa are: Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Djibouti Equatorial Gu…
- Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born scholar of world Christianity and Islam who taught at Yale University, died at a… (2019)
- Gambia is selling off ex-president Yahya Jammeh's assets. He flew into exile in Jan. 2017 as ECOWAS were ab…
- Twitter profile of the President of The Gambia. Thoughts? Befitting?
- Adama Barrow, the new President of the Gambia, has struck off 'Islamic' from her official name, imposed by…
- President of The Gambia, His Excellency, Yahya Jammeh is strongly anti-gay. Here's some of his statements o…
- The President of The Gambia His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh and his wife Zei…
- Combined years the presidents of: Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Uganda, Gambia, and Angola have st…
- Full titles of African leaders: Idi Amin (Uganda) Yahya (The Gambia) Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) Gaddafi (Lib…
- “Banana,” “jazz,” “jive,” “yam” are of Wolof origin. Wolof is a Niger-Congo language spoken mostly in Seneg…
- Mrs Fatou Bensouda is the Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC). Born 1961, she hails from T…
- Cape Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Niger, Togo and The Gambia have no diplomatic relations with Chile.
- The Songhai Empire ruled about two thirds of West Africa, presently Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Senegal, Gamb…
- The Gambia's Capital was first known as Banjulo, but renamed after (Henry) Bathurst, Secretary For Colonies…
- In 1990, the number of democratic countries in Africa was only 4 (Botswana, Gambia, Mauritius and Senegal).…
- The Gambia is 40% literate.
- Only one-sixth of The Gambia has soil fit for cultivation. The main crop that is cultivated is peanuts.
- The city of Serrekunda - the name which means 'the home of the Sere family' - is the largest city in the Ga…
- Senegal and The Gambia agreed to merge in 1981 into Senegambia but the agreement was dissolved in 1989.
- The Gambia sponsors Witch Doctors, who have abducted about 1,000 Gambians on charges of witchcraft under th…
- Mumbo jumbo (i.e., gibberish; unintelligible talk) is derived from Mandingo, a West African language spoken…
- The notable matrilineal practicing peoples in Africa are Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast), Taureg (Mali, Niger, Al…
- West African Monetary Zone(WAMZ) (Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone) will introduce a c…
- Deyda Hydara, a Gambian journalist and press-freedom advocate who co-founded the newspaper The Point, was s… (2004)
- The overloaded Senegalese ferry MV Le Joola capsized off the coast of the Gambia, killing more than 1,800 p… (2002)
- The Gambia became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first president. (1970)
- The Gambia was admitted as a member of the United Nations, months after gaining independence from Britain. (1965)
- The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom. (1965)
- Yahya Jammeh, who later ruled the Gambia as president for 22 years, was born. (1965)
- Fatou Bensouda, Gambian lawyer who served as Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court from 2012… (1961)
- Deyda Hydara, the Gambian journalist and press-freedom advocate who co-founded the newspaper The Point, was… (1946)
- Dawda Jawara, the first President of an independent Gambia, was born. (1924)