41. Africa Book Centre Ltd The Gambia THE gambia Emms, Craig Barnett, Linda Text centred guide featuring informationon ecology and wildlife, beaches and local culture, etc. http://www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_The_Gambia_150.html

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42. Interxchange Gambia time enable them gain work experience in africa. Interxchange gambia places volunteersto work with the projects; Women in Development; culture / Tourism / Eco http://www.freewebs.com/interxchangegam/volunteering.htm

coname=Interxchange Gambia [ The Gambia's first cultural and educational travel organisation ] The Volunteer Placement Programme Volunteer And Experience Gambia An outstanding and experiential programme for prospective volunteers Develop your international experience personal potential Enjoy a unique working experience in West Africa Share your skills and make a difference Live with a local an African family and exchange cultural ideas Make friends and help change the world Beef up your CV The volunteer placement programme basically aims at giving students, youths and the adult traveller the unique opportunity to volunteer their time with and assist local and grassroots organisations in The Gambia in various projects and at the same time enable them gain work experience in Africa. Interxchange Gambia places volunteers to work with the local people and local grassroots organisations that need volunteer assistance, for a minimum duration of six (6) weeks to a maximum of six (6) months in the following areas HIV/AIDS projects Women in Development Culture / Tourism / Eco-tourism Speech Therapy Rehabilitation and working with the blind Water and Sanitation Environmental Issues Teaching Preschool / Secondary Community Development Child Survival and Development Agriculture and Vegetable Gardening Health and Medical Research Communications / Marketing and Business Development etc Your Host Organisation Volunteers are placed to work with local grassroots organisations, NGOs or communities that specialise in their areas of interest.

43. Study Abroad Program At APSU - Gambia, Africa APSU gambia, africa The Study Abroad program in gambia is designed to providestudents with a hands-on learning experience of african politics and culture. http://www.apsu.edu/study_abroad/gambia/

Search Directories APSU Index APSU ... Scholarships Study Abroad Program at APSU - Gambia, Africa The Study Abroad program in Gambia is designed to provide students with a hands-on learning experience of African politics and culture. The five-week summer program will provide an historical and institutional approach. Through this approach, students will examine, discuss, study, experience the most basic human institutions: The family, religion, clinic, education, industry and government. Students will be living primarily in traditional homes during the duration of their stay, having the opportunity to experience all aspects of the traditional extended family, from the extend of the family input in relation to the village and the community input in relationship to the state. The program is supplemented with activities and field trips to the sites of historical and cultural importance; Juffureh (Home of Kunta Kinte), James Island and Janjanburi (once locations of old slave forts). Cultural programs and entertainment are offered through song, dance, plays and observation of rituals in tradition.

44. Sénégal & The Gambia Roots & Culture Tour Spector Travel horizons by immersing yourself in the diverse cultures of Sénégal and The gambia. Fallunder the spell of West africa s beautiful landscapes and http://www.spectortravel.com/Pages/roots_sg.html

Spector Travel of Boston Roots and Culture Tour Sunday to Sunday Tour Includes: Round trip economy airfare New York - Dakar - New York Round trip airport transfers, hotel taxes and service charges Meals: 6 breakfasts 1/2 day Goree Island's infamous slave house with a lecture 1/2 day city tour of Dakar 1/2 day city tour of Banjul, including The Gambian Orphan Village, Health Center and Nursery/Primary School, where you will present the clothing, medical and school supplies that you have brought from America Juffureh and African naming ceremony Home Africa Discount Airfares Meetings and Conferences Who is Spector Travel Email: africa@spectortravel.com Spector Travel of Boston , Inc.

45. Gambia Tourism Concern discovered the gambia, its design and the people and their culture. I came back tothe gambia (my country) because I want to learn more about africa. http://www.subrosa.uk.com/tourism/html/cult7a.htm

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TAZ vom 13.3.2004. Nachfolgend gebe ich eine Selbstdarstellung von Tumani Tenda wieder: TUMANI TENDA COMMUNITY BASED ECO-TOURISM INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Tumani Tenda. This brochure will give an introduction to Tumani Tenda and inform visitors, tour operators and Gambians what activities are available at Tumani Tenda Eco-tourism Camp. Tumani Tenda is a Jolla Village with approximately 300 inhabitants living in seven extended families. It is situated 25km east of Brikama and 3 km from Kafatu, on a tributary/Bolong of the Gambia River. This small hamlet derives its name from a peanut picker, called Tumani, who lived in the area; Tenda means riverbank. The founder of the village, the late Alhaji Osman, a Koran scholar, established the community 30 years ago after immigrating from Casamance. A community evolved which is described as a religious community embracing certain values, notably a sustainable attitude to the natural environment, a socially responsible style of living, respect for the elderly, independence, self sustainability and a sense of community. Tumani Tenda owns 140 hectares of land, of which 89 hectares are sustainably cultivated, with a species rich forest that is continually upgraded with seedlings and serves as a pharmacy and natural water reservoir. Plants and crops grow in abundance and include maize, millet, groundnuts, vegetables, herbs and spices, bananas, grapefruits, oranges, mangoes, lemons and many others.

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Home Regional Africa Gambia - Society and Culture [10] Web Site Matches: African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies Charter and general information on this initiative for equal rights. url: www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/ACOHRS.htm Archives of GAMBIA-L The Gambia and relatedissues mailing list. url: maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html Attaya Information, pictures, and music from Senegal and Gambia. Includes news items, bulletin board, and a newsletter. url: erslah.com/attaya/ Catholic Relief Services Details of current projects, economic and general statistics for Gambia, and an overview of the organisation. url: www.catholicrelief.org/where_we_work/africa/the_ga.... The Derek Bailey Foundation Promotes education and healthcare of the people of Nyofelleh and the surrounding villages. url: www.derek-bailey-foundation.org/ Ethnologue Gambia Languages of Gambia url: www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Gamb.html Fishbowl - The Gambia A house where current and former Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) have lived in the Gambia since 1975. url: fishbowl.stormloader.com

48. The Gambia, West Africa Study Tour Itinerary the Bulok Bolong, a tributary of the gambia river as a site for intraAfrican andAfrican-European trade the National Council for Arts and culture, and Historic http://www.smcm.edu/Academics/soan/TheGambia.html

The Gambia, West Africa Study Tour Itinerary Friday, May 29 - Depart Washington, DC for Dakar, Senegal via JFK International Airport, NYC Saturday, May 30 - Arrive Yoff International Airport, Dakar. Travel overland, passing through the following towns: Dakar, M'Bour, Kaolack (all Senegal), cross border via Trans-Gambian Highway to Farafenni. Take the ferry across the Gambia river to Soma, then on to Tendeba Tourist Camp for dinner, and Bakau where we live. Sunday, May 31 - Rest in Bakau at the Friendship Hostel at Independence Stadium. Met Ebrima Colley, language and culture teacher for Peace Corps, The Gambia. Dinner with staff from The Gambia National Council for Arts and Culture. Monday, June 1 - Mandinka language and culture lessons in the morning. Visit Ishmaila Njie, Acting Chief Nursing Officer for The Gambia, who has developed itinerary for learning about Health sector in The Gambia. Visit National Museum of The Gambia. Mr. Njie stops by the Friendship Hostel to talk with us about trends in Gambian Health and Health Care that evening. Tuesday, June 2

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51. Welcome To The Gambia a different lifestyle, a different culture and of The River gambia which forms themain artery for on the magnificent Gambie Bolong , africa s finest waterways http://www.thegambia-touristoff.co.uk/roots2.htm

There is evidence to suggest that The Gambia like most West African countries was inhabited 1.6 million years ago. The most direct evidence of prehistoric settlement however came from more recent times. The Stone Circles and Shell Mound Sites illustrate widespread human settlement from around 1000 A.D. The existence of the River Gambia was first documented by the Carthaginians in the 5th century B.C. The Gambia is a land of great ethnic diversity, with Mandinka, Wollof, Fula, Jolas and Serahulis forming the bulk of the indigenous population. Their origins are widespread and equally diverse. It is this ethnic mix that gives The Gambia its unique identity. By 1445 the Portuguese had established contact with the indigenous population introducing new influences. This began a period of Cross Cultural relations which over the next five decades substantially Changed the face of The Gambia. With the passage of time various European nations put their mark on the development of the Country albeit through the exploitation of the local population. The trade in slaves became one of the most profitable between West Africa and the Americas, peaking between the 1500s and 1700s. The vestiges of this inhuman trade Can still be seen today in the remains of European trading posts, especially Fort James Island which provided a Strategic defensive position for European interests and an effective staging post for the shipment of slaves from West Africa. This exploitation of The Gambia continued for over 300 years before legislation was introduced to eliminate the slave trade.

52. Events In The Countries Of The African Region included on the “Breakfast Show”, gambia Television. WHO Hotel africa Road, Box316, Virginia, Liberia. Show “Tsorabitsika” inspired on malgache culture. http://www.afro.who.int/whd/countries2.html

Events in the Countries of the African Region Home Health Topics Contact WHO/AFRO WHO Headquarters ... World Health Day Country Venue Event Date Organizer and Address Gambia Campama Psychiatric Unit Targeted 15 Districts Mental health Programmes included on the “Breakfast Show”, Gambia Television School contest (12-23 March) Panel Discussions in Television, Interviews and articles in the Newspapers, Prayers in Mosques and Churches Address by Secretary of State and other officials, Exhibitions, Musical show and drama, interviews Open Field days (Health Education sessions in the Health facilities) January and February 2001 15 march to 3 April 2001 4 April April to June 2001 MOH in collaboration with WHO country Office Ghana Accra Civil Servants Association Conference Hall National launching : speeches by the Ministry of Health , WHO Representative, culture activities Open for all Psychiatric Hospitals in the country. Mental health walk Radio and TV talk shows in Psychiatric Symposium/Debate on Mental health for some selected Second Cycle Schools Mental 7 April 6 April th April Ministry of Health, Mental health Department in Collaboration with WHO country office

53. AFRICA 2009 Projets Situés - Gambia: JAMES ISLAND gambia JAMES ISLAND and related sites. Project Partners LOCAL PARTNERS › NationalCouncil for Arts and culture. › CRATerreEAG (technical expertise). africa http://www.iccrom.org/africa2009/english/activities/sites/james.shtm

Activities Printer friendly Gambia: JAMES ISLAND and related sites Project Partners LOCAL PARTNERS AFRICA 2009 OPERATORS FINANCIAL PARTNERS IMAGES The site James Island and its related sites are the vestige of the conflicts between various European traders, which settled in the region since the 15th century to exploit the rich lands of Gambia. Built in 1651, the Fort provided a strategic defensive position and an effective staging post for the shipment of slaves. The fort suffered many raids and counter raids between the French and the English, who fought over its control for more than hundred years. Partly destroyed and reconstructed several times, the fort was destroyed by the French in 1779 and finally abandoned in 1829. James Island has now become a major tourist attraction in the Gambia with more than 15 000 visitors per year, mainly Europeans and African-Americans. James Island is related to 5 other sites testifying of the Afro-European encounter along the river: Fort Bullen, CFAO building and a Portuguese chapel in Juffureh, San Domingo ruins and the 6-gun battery in Banjul. Objectives - reinforce NCAC's capacities through practical and scientific experience offered to the conservators and local actors - implement conservation works on James island and the 5 sites related to the history of colonisation by the Europeans

54. MSNBC - At Last, Moderately Priced Cultural Tours Of Africa even lowercost africa excursions, and it now offers several interesting tours. Itsseven-day Roots and culture Tour to Senegal and the gambia starts with a http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4264155/

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money document.write('') Web Search: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec logoImg("http://sc.msn.com"); MSNBC News Alerts Newsletters Help ... MSNBC Shopping Search MSNBC: Advanced Search   RESOURCE GUIDE Buy Life Insurance Yellow pages expedia.com Shopping ... Small Business Tips Africa At last, moderately priced cultural tours of Africa Tracing Nelson Mandela's footsteps to an island prison, touring ancient slave-market cities, and biking through coastal villages offer perspectives you won't get on a safari Dave Hogan / Getty Images A view of Nelson Mandela's former prison cell is seen on Robben Island, off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa By Joann Biondi Updated: 12:38 p.m. ET Feb.28, 2004 Thundering herds of wildebeest, prides of lions, great masses of elephants and giraffes, chattering monkeys, and lumbering water buffalo-all of them viewed from the safety of an open-topped van. That's the portrait of Africa to which most of the travel industry limits itself; the overwhelming majority of Africa tours tend to be wildlife safaris. For viewing an altogether different aspect of that immense continent - the vitally important cultures, politics, and society of Africa-the travel programs are few and rarely available for less than $4,000 or $5,000 per person. advertisement document.write('

55. Gambia: Entertainment Links Artculture-Music. Birdwatchings - The gambia is fast becoming a famous arrival pointfor Connection The Manding Music Tradition of West africa Cora Connection http://www.siftthru.com/gamenter.htm

gamb Entertainment gamb Art-Culture-Music Main Region Birdwatchings - The Gambia is fast becoming a famous arrival point for birdwatchers. Home to over 540 different species, birdlife here is truly fascinating and guaranteed to stimulate both the expert and the amateur alike. Cora Connection: The Manding Music Tradition of West Africa Cora Connection is a Boston-based world music ensemble. Their web site offers a wealth of information on West African music, instruments, artists and more. Gambia - The history of theatre in Gambia goes back to the 1950s and early 1960s, and to what might be termed "classical" theatre. The best-known names were the Dimbalanteh Company, the Nekh Company, and Judu Baax. GambiaNet - The Gambia's Leading Web Site - advertise, tourism, gambia, banks, jokes, cartoons, news, observer, daily, health Gambia Page - Momodou Camara Information on the country, culture, music and photos by a Gambian national living in Denmark. Links to Gambia-related web sites. Maintained by Momodou Camara.

56. ThinkQuest : Library : The Living Africa In Newjeswang, gambia live the Jobarta family and their of North America and WestAfrica together for or griot society, the historic keepers of the culture. http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/gallery/covert_story.html

Index Life Science Ecology The Living Africa This is an excellent educational site on the continent of Africa that teaches students about the people, the land, and the wildlife. There are too many topics to list, but not only can you go on a virtual safari, you can also send electronic post cards to friends, explore the Living Atlas, and take the Wildlife Conservation Challenge. Visit Site 1998 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Awards Second Place Languages English Students Debangsu International Community School of Abidjan (ICSA), Abidjan 06, Simon Ulenhof College, Doetinchem, Netherlands Jennifer Lebanon High School, Lebanon, NH, United States Coaches Sumita International Community School of Abidjan (ICSA), Abidjan 06, Vikas Ulenhof College, Doetinchem, Netherlands Nancy Lebanon High School, Lebanon, NH, United States Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site.

57. West African Tours - Destination Management For Gambia precolonial and pre-Islamic history in West africa. will show how Islam is graduallyreplacing animist culture. the twin countries of The gambia and Senegal http://www.dudmc.com/dmcpages/gambia.htm

WEST AFRICA Gambia / Ghana / Mali / Senegal Proven West Africa Destination Management Services for Specialist Incentive, Conference and Convention Travel Organisers Worldwide OUR RECOMMENDED DMC - WEST AFRICAN TOURS (ITMA, ATA, ASTA, ATTA) P.M.B. 222, Serrekunda The Gambia West Africa Tel: Fax: E-mail: Web Site: gambia@dudmc.com www.westafricantours.com Patrick Sothern - Director Angela Andrews - Director COUNTRY MAP (Map by kind permission of the CIA Official Website) General Information Government Republic of The Gambia Location Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal Capital Banjul GMT The Gambia belongs to Greenwich Mean Time Zone (GMT) with no time changes. Online Weekly Weather www.onlineweather.com/v4/world/owac/index.html Your Incentive Weather Yearly Climate www.worldtravelguide.net/data/gmb/gmb500.asp Airport Banjul International - approximately 25 kms South of Capital Banjul / Approx transfer time 30 - 40 minutes Average Flying Time from London 5 hrs 30 minutes www.worldtravelguide.net/data/gmb/gmb040.asp

58. Islamic World.Net: Countries the gambia; Nijii a site on gambia s culture and history with otherlinks; Music traditions of West africa; Jambedula Cultural Group http://islamic-world.net/countries/gambia.htm

Other Sections: H O M E Our Plan Our Policy Our Papers Parenting Sister's Page Muslim Youth Children's Page Shahadah Da'wah Khalifah Asphorism Islamic Books Islamic News Multimedia Countries Links Index Ask Scholar Search Engines Contact Us H O M E countries Country Facts G O V E D U ... G e n e r a l Country Facts Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal Population: 1,367,124 (July 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1% Religions: Muslim 90%, Christian 9%, indigenous beliefs 1% Languages: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars Area: total: 11,300 sq km land: 10,000 sq km water: 1,300 sq km Natural resources: fish G O V top The Republic of Gambia - the official website of the government The Gambia Embassy in the U.S. Department of State for Education High Commission for Canada to Gambia Biography of the President ... Gambia Expansion Corporation - is conected with the Government of the Republic of the Gambia ,and is a foreign trade company whose core business has been to develop and conduct international trade operations and to provide services to exporters and importers in differents countries, with special emphasis on Spanish companies Danish representation in the Gambia E D U top Gambia College - the only institution offering University level education in the Gambia Gambia Schools - an extensive list of schools in the Gambia Banjul American Embassy School Cinchips Institute - computer, secretarial and professional development institute

59. Glimpse Magazine the European. As he works with fellow villagers to build The gambia s first fishpond givesway to humility in the face of a culture that has no South africa. http://www.theglimpse.com/newsite/regions.asp?region=Africa

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