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‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
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‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
Sundiata died in 1255 and from then onwards his successors assumed the title of Mansa and the empire continued to expand until 1670 (after...
‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
We have looked at how we likely got the name Gambia and also that there never was a land called Gambia in its present...
The historical perspective of Senegambia: The prospects and the way forward
A The Great Senegambia of yesteryears...
The Mande Charter (Kouroukan Fouga) of 1235
According to the Epic of Sundiata, Kouroukan Fouga or Kurukan Fuga was the constitution of the Mali Empire created after the Battle of Krina (1235) by an assembly of nobles to create a government for the newly established empire...
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Ex-Janneh Commission staff demand unpaid salary
By Omar Bah
Dawda Fatty, a former orderly to one of the commissioners at the commission of inquiry that looked into the financial dealings of...