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Ethnic Diversity and Integration in The Gambia: The Land, ThePeople and The Culture by Godfrey Mwakikagile, 2010-06-08
Where techno-science meets poverty: Medical research and the economy of blood in The Gambia, West Africa [An article from: Social Science & Medicine] by J. Fairhead, M. Leach, et all 2006-08-01
Our Grandmothers' Drums: A Portrait of Rural African Life & Culture by Mark Hudson, 1991-04
Gambian Culture: Griot, Talking Drum, Papa Susso, Public Holidays in the Gambia

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Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Green Box Reference Sources: The Gambia
LC stacks) culture/Cultural Policy World culture Report, CB430 by the governmentof gambia to the Commerce Trade Information Center africa Regional Database
http://www.indiana.edu/~libgpd/guides/green/gambia.html
African Art And Culture Art, Architecture And Tradition; Building Identity In We
of Casamance, in van der Klei, ed., Popular culture, pp The first global style fromWest africa to Brazil 17th century architecture in the gambiaGeba region
http://archnet.org/courses/africanart.html

Extractions: Email: pmark@wesleyan.edu This seminar investigates some of the diverse ways in which West African peoples have articulated their sense of who they are by means of the buildings they construct and the material culture they create. We will focus on architecture in historical perspective, and on the contemporary phenomenon of revitalized ritual and folklore. The course begins by asking fundamental questions about Art History. Is the discipline able to encompass broad issues of contemporary African culture and identity? Is African Art itself a meaningful concept? Or is it hopelessly bound to Western culture? At the same time, the introductory meetings offer a critical reevaluation of other analytical categories. If we retain the concept of "African art," contemporary culture forces us to redefine its boundaries to include such largely twentieth century phenomena as folkloric dance and the re-creation of self-consciously "traditional" religious rituals. And the African subjects of our study, too, must be redefined, insofar as the "ethnic group," viewed in historical perspective, ceases to exist as a fixed feature of the African cultural landscape. Ethnic identity is itself in constant change. What is ethnicity anyway, and how is ethnic identity related to culture?
Gambian Culture And Art
Related Websites, Education Through culture and Communication Organisation (ECCO) The early stages of the Academy of West African culture, The gambia;
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mcamara/cu.html

Extractions: Gambian Musicians Events Historic Sites Related Websites ... Books Gambian culture Culture constitutes the way of life of a people. It is a by-product of a relation between people and a society speaks out through its culture. Culture gives expression to the social thought, beliefs and values of human beings. A society which has no culture would be composed of persons who are expressionless. Cultural tools, like songs, dances, drama, have been utilised as coping mechanisms to prevent total social disintegration. This has been the strength of many African societies. The sense of community has served as a welfare system for many African societies where the old, the disabled and children are given protection. Even though poverty increases dependency and causes strain to the providers, without the sense of community the weight of poverty would be much heavier. The Gambia is a multi ethnic and multi cultural society. There is no area in the Gambia which is entirely habited by one ethnic group. The ethnic groups are closely knit together by cohabitation and therefore, there is a certain cultural symbiosis among them. Click and listen to a village drumming in Kuntaur Fullakunda In that regard there is a tendency towards the establishment of a Gambian National Culture, which will be a sum total of all the ethnic cultures. For instance the Gambia National Troupe is composed of all the ethnic groups and their musical repertoire is drawn from all the ethnic groups. The members of the troupe are capable of singing songs from each ethnic group and equally capable of dancing them.
Travel In Banjul Gambia Culture
but a fusion is taking place by cultural interaction and intermarriage, to an extentthat the gambia can be called a melting pot of West African ethnic groups
http://www.africatravelling.net/gambia/banjul/banjul_culture.htm

Extractions: Banjul - Culture The capital is BANJUL Situated on the Atlantic Coast at The Bulge of West Africa, The Gambia has an area of some 4,000 square miles (10,360 square kilometres) extending eastward from the sea for some 300 miles (480 kilometres) along both banks of The River Gambia. Near the mouth of The River, the country is over 30 miles (48 kilometres) wide but further upriver the width diminishes to 15 miles (24 kilometres). On The Coast, it meets -the Atlantic with impressive sand cliffs and sports miles of unspoiled palm fringed beaches. It borders with the Republic of Senegal on the landward sides. The country is mostly a low Plateau which decreases in height as it nears the Atlantic Coast. The Plain is broken in a few places by low flat-topped hills and The River Gambia and its tributaries. The area extending from Mac Carthy Island, where Georgetown is located, to the Eastern end of the country is enclosed by low Rocky Hills which appear to be volcanic. The soil, especially in the Kuntaur District, is clay along the Banks of The River, but elsewhere are alluvial soils, red, brown and grey sands, some gravel and isolated ironstone rocks. The Coast and River Banks consist largely of Mangrove swamps, and the lower part of the River has steep banks which are covered with tropical forest, Bamboo being characteristic. Away from the River, there is wooded grassland, for the Gambia is in the Savannah Region of West Africa.
AllAfrica.com: Gambia
for what he sees as the culture of impunity technical committee chairman of the GambiaFootball Association
http://allafrica.com/gambia/

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AllAfrica.com: Gambia: Culture Of Impunity Blamed On Gov't
culture of Impunity Blamed On Gov t.
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Tourism Office. ·Tourist Office in UK. ·Makasutu Cultural Forest. ·gambia2000 (NL). ·gambia A to Z (NL). ·gambia africa Guide. ·gambia Discover Holidays.
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Extractions: The Gambia became independent from the UK in 1965. It formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty. A military coup in 1994 overthrew the president and banned political activity, but a 1996 constitution and presidential elections, completed a nominal return to civilian rule. The Gambia is a small, peaceful and politically stable West African country with a geuine sense of hospitality. Even the crocodiles confirm that!
La Gambie - The Gambia
One of the smallest countries in africa, The gambia is mostly flat and shaped likea crooked finger, a narrow strip of land on either side following the course
http://www.netline.be/gambie/
Bicycle Africa Tours: West Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso,
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast (Cote d the Bicycleafrica schedules several crosscultural programs in West africa each year
http://www.ibike.org/bikeafrica/west.htm

Extractions: Bicycle Africa Programs West Africa Bike Travel Programs Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Ghana, Togo, Benin For those who love to interact with people and gain a better understanding of the world when they travel, the Bicycle Africa schedules several cross-cultural programs in West Africa each year: "Sahel Journey" and "West Africa People-to-People." Each two-week itinerary is unique. Consecutive programs are easily combined for a more extensive trip. All of West Africa is very rich in cultural and history. We select from the best. Participants have the opportunity to stay in rural villages, learn about daytoday life, meet artisans, health care personnel, educators and government officials and visit historic and cultural sites. Those who continue on to the coast can celebrate by relaxing on the beach. Highlights of the Mali program are visits to the renowned Timbuktu (Tombouctou), Mopti and Djenne, the fascinating enclave of the Dogon people, with its many sacred sites and a truly extraordinary riverboat trip on the Niger River. A few of the special features of the programs in the coastal countries are the variety of ethnic groups, visits to museums and markets, historic sites, traditional shrines and countless warm and welcoming rural villages. scheduled for October-November.
Gambia Travel Guide And Bicycle Touring Guide
Senegal and gambia have nice beaches, warm weather in January and are a the enormousvariety of birds of the West African flyway; the culture and the
http://www.ibike.org/africaguide/gambia.htm

Extractions: Gambia: Bicycle Tour Travel Guide by David Mozer [An introduction and overview to travel in Africa is available by clicking here. If you are look for a bicycle tour to this country, this link might help you.] The information below may have been extracted from a more comprehensive " Country Supplement " to the book " Bicycling In Africa ". For information on these publications click on the links. Senegal and Gambia have nice beaches, warm weather in January and are a short trip for European tourists, so they come in large numbers and there are a lot of large beach resorts that cater to them. There are a few things few other things that also recommend historical sites like ; the enormous variety of birds of the West African flyway; the culture and the general beauty. The diversity of points of interest is very satisfying. Routes There are a number of paved roads that fan out from Dakar. It is difficult to get between them, so once you pick your direction you are pretty much committed to seeing that part of the country. Each offers a different visual and cultural experience, but common to all of the routes is a lack of significant hills. Most people will probably find the most interesting direction to the south, into the Gambia and Casamance and then east to the upper Casamance. The segments on this trip might be: DakarMbour, MbourFoundiougne via Fatick
African Studies - African Language Resources
Word Search and the larger The gambia Resource Page. et des résumés utiles sur laculture contemporaine et the Internet; TAMA 2003 South AfricaTechnology in
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/langs.html
Africa: Arts & Culture: African Television, TV And Radio
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http://www.clickafrique.com/Arts/Television.asp

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African-American Peace Corps Volunteer In Africa
Conton is The gambia s best known novelist, whose semiautobiographical 1960sclassic The african was an influential bestseller in many parts of africa.
http://www.sabrinatindal.20megsfree.com/tradition.htm

Extractions: ( Africa "Mother Land") The Gambia's main indigenous groups have a highly stratified society wherein status is determined by birth. At the top of the social heap are traditional noble and warrior families, followed by the farmers, traders and persons of caste - blacksmiths, leather workers, wood workers, weavers and griots (GREE-oh). Griots are the lowest of the castes but are highly respected, as they are in charge of passing on the oral traditions and are usually the only ones who can recite a family or village history. Slaves occupied the lowest rung of the social ladder, and although slavery is now long gone, many descendants of former slaves still work as tenant farmers for the masters of old. The overwhelming majority of The Gambia's population is Muslim, though many practitioners combine their faith with traditional beliefs. It's not uncommon to see Gambians wearing a small leather pouch around their neck, arm or waist; called gris-gris (pronounced 'gree-gree'), these amulets are thought to ward off evil or bring good luck. Devout Muslims sometimes hedge their bets by keeping a small verse from the Quran inside.
Gambia
Homecoming Festival as a biennial cultural extravaganza designed to attract peopleof African descent in the Diaspora to return home to The gambia in order to
http://www.africa-ata.org/gambia.htm
African Outposts - Custom Tours Of The Gambia
the smiling coast, The gambia with its unsophisticated charm has much to offer allyear round, subtropical climate, fascinating African culture, exotic gardens
http://www.africanoutposts.co.za/ao_gambia.htm

Extractions: THE GAMBIA MAP Unspoilt, The Gambia is situated on the beautiful West African coast midway between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator, on approximately the same latitude as Barbados. One of the smallest countries in Africa, The Gambia is mostly flat and shaped like a crooked finger, a narrow strip of land on either side of the majestic River Gambia from which it takes its name. The capital, Banjul, located on the south side of the river estuary is the administrative and commercial centre of the country and is of minor cultural and historic interest to tourists. The majority of tourist hotels are several miles away, spread out along the coastline of the peninsular which boasts 25 miles of uncrowned sandy beaches. Known as the smiling coast, The Gambia with its unsophisticated charm has much to offer all year round, sub-tropical climate, fascinating African culture, exotic gardens, miles of deserted beaches, nature reserves, quality hotels, craft markets, interesting excursions and some of the most friendly people on earth. The pace of life is slow and unhurried, perhaps frustratingly so, until you have had time to acclimatise. African Outposts, based in Sandton Johannesburg, South Africa, offers a range of scheduled and tailor-made tours, safaris and trails, throughout Southern Africa. Some of their most popular tours are highlighted on this web site.
LookSmart - Directory - Gambia
CIA World Factbook gambia, The Discover the history and geography ofthis West African country, and read about its culture and economy.
http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us559898/us559899/us10065674/u
Africa - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
the south of the Sahara, there are many distinct cultural areas, sometimes Saint Helena,being closest to africa, has been included gambia, 129, 11,300, 1,455,842.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa

Extractions: Africa is the world's second-largest continent in both area and population , after Asia . At c. 30,244,050 km mi ) including the islands, it covers 20.3% of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million human inhabitants it accounts for around one seventh of Earth's human population. The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra Tunisia . The origin of Afer may be the Phoenician `afar , dust; the Afridi tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage Greek aphrike , without cold; or Latin aprica , sunny. Table of contents 1 Map edit See also: World map edit Main Article: Geography of Africa edit Main Article: History of Africa Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, and it is believed the human race originated from what is now this continent. For most of humanity's history, Africa (and all other continents) had no nation states , and was instead inhabited by many small, loosely associated tribal groups, kingdoms , and families; while
Welcome To ECCO The Gambia
The early stages of the Academy of West African culture, The gambia The first Academyof West African culture in The gambia is a reality the land is aquired
http://www.ecco.gm/

Extractions: The first Academy of West African Culture in The Gambia is a reality: the land is aquired in the village of Madiana, the architect-firm, a consortium of and DBC has accepted to assist in the planning and the implementation of the buildings. The Norwegian College of Dance will be our main partner in the building up of a master degree in dance, movements and methodology and Guildhall School of Music and Drama and will be our main partner in building up the master degree in music, story telling and pedagogy. Old masters from all over West Africa will be consultants on the building up of the traditional and contemporary, regional and transcultural foundation for the academy. ECCO will be arranging four three weeks introduction courses in West African Culture the coming season, the attendants are music students from Academies of higher music education in Sweden. In addition to the introduction courses we will be arranging two trans-cultural collaborative modules. The first will be in December with Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the second will be in April with the Norwegian College of Dance.
Welcome To ECCO The Gambia
The gambia, and we find the Susu, a Guineaoriginated tradition, in The gambia. thistendency by creating the room for traditional West African culture to be
http://www.ecco.gm/whyanacademy.html

Extractions: Lack of archaeological finds of musical instruments or music-related items makes it difficult to construct a deep history of music in West Africa; the traditions are centuries, perhaps even millennia, old. The traditional music is still playing an important role in the everyday West African society. The traditional musicians (Griot in French, Jali/Jeli in Mandinka and Fula, Gewel in Wolof) function as living libraries; they are the voice of oral history, storytelling, proverbs, negotiations and various forms of praising. Drumming, which has a close association with the blacksmith-sculptor artisan group, and hunter music are probably the oldest.
Gambia / Gambia :: Culture & Tourism Links : Kulturális és Idegenforgalmi Link
általános és kulturális linkek general cultural links. Places of Interest toTourists in gambia.
http://katalogus.kulturinfo.hu/gm.html

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