The Gambia
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Other facts
- The Gambia was the first and last British colony in West Africa.
- In his 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Alex Haley traced his family back to Kunta Kinte, enslaved from the village of Juffure on the north bank of The Gambia.
- En route to Casablanca for a conference and then to Liberia, U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first serving U. S. president to visit the African continent when he stopped in Banjul in 1943.[10]
- In the 1930s, The Gambia was a transit point for the German airline Lufthansa's transatlantic mail service. Three aircraft were lost during this period [11].
- Yundum Airport was an emergency landing site for NASA space shuttles.[12]
- "The" was inserted into the country's official name to further distinguish it from Zambia.
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Miscellaneous topics
- Music of The Gambia
- Communications in The Gambia
- List of birds of The Gambia
- Public holidays in The Gambia
- Transport in The Gambia
- Military of The Gambia
- Ninki Nanka
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References
- ^ a b Background Note: The Gambia: Political Conditions, United States Department of State/Bureau of African Affairs, 2006-03.
Beginning with "After World War II", the History section of The Gambia article as of this edit is a virtual copy, but as a work of the United States Department of State, is in the public domain. - ^ Easton P Education and Koranic Literacy in West Africa IK Notes on Indigenous Knowledge and Practices, n° 11, World Bank Group 1999 p1-4
- ^ The Gambia - Government. The World Factbook (2006-09-19). Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ Gwillim Law (2006-04-19). Divisions of Gambia. Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids"). Retrieved on 2006-09-29.
- ^ Lonely Planet: The Gambia & Senegal
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- State House and Office of the President
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Wikimedia Atlas of the Gambia- Gambia travel guide from Wikitravel
- Wikia has a wiki on this subject: the Gambia
- the Gambia entry at The World Factbook
- The Gambia at the Open Directory Project
- The Rough Guide to The Gambia Travel guide blog
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