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‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
Year 1738
A freed Mandinka slave in the person of Lahamin Jay arrived in Gambia in 1738 whose freedom was petitioned by Job Ben Solomon...
‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
Even though we have passed the 1850s, I just thought it necessary to provide the names of the Mandinka people who signed or witnessed...
‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
Year 1840 (continued)
Destination Niumi. The scene we are looking at is the arrival of about 700 Sarahule mercenaries brought in to the kingdom at...
‘Mandinka is not a tribe and before 1864, there were no Mandinka speaking people in Gambia’ says Jammeh – My response
Captain History: Flight Attendants prepare cabin for takeoff.
Chief Flight Attendant Time: Please put your seat in an upright position. The captain has also switched...
‘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...