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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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41. African Studies: The Gambia
    governmental panafrican organisation headquartered in the gambia. a selection ofphotographs on Mande culture and daily Mande peoples of West africa, and the  
    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/Gambiagen.html

42. Zegional Africa Gambia Society And Culture Polish Yellow Pages - Polska - Poland
    rights. Archives of gambiaL- The gambia and related-issues mailing list.Catholic YMCA The gambia- News, activities, projects. Help build  
    http://www.yellowpages.pl/ca/89565/Regional/Africa/Gambia/Society_and_Culture/

43. DINO - Language: Englisch - Regional - Africa - Gambia - Society And Culture
    Hilfe zu diesem Thema aufrufen. You are here DINO Language Englisch Regional africa gambia Society and culture Society and culture,  
    http://www.dino-online.de/dino_page_30f5dd872c1172ef06ec5e020773000f.html

44. Women In West Africa Face Heavy Toll From High Birthrate
    The study is the first of its kind in subSaharan africa, and has culture of Silence.gambia is a predominantly Muslim country with a population of just over 1  
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0501_gambiawomen.html
    
    Extractions: In coastal West Africa, a woman's ticket to a secure future is to have children. Lots of them. On average, women living in rural Gambia get married at age 15 and have at least six children over the course of their lifetimes. The physical toll is huge. More than 70 percent of women living in the Farafenni region of Gambia have at least one reproductive tract disorder, according to a recent study. In fact, reproductive disorders are so common that very few of the women in these villages had looked to health care services for a remedy.

45. IWon - Travel Guide - History & Culture
    iWon Travel. 5 iWon 6 Travel 3 africa 3 gambia History culture, Powered by. HISTORY and culture History culture. History.  
    http://www.iwon.com/travel/travelguide/history/0,20310,Africa-408,00.html
    
    Extractions: History As early as 500 AD, towns and villages based on agriculture and the knowledge of iron were dotted across the West African region. As the 1st millennium progressed, trade increased significantly between the regions north and south of the Sahara. In the early 15th century, Prince Henry of Portugal began encouraging navigators to sail down the coast of West Africa, hoping to bypass the Arab and Muslim domination of the trans-Saharan gold trade, which by that time was the cornerstone of Portugal's finances. The Gambia's first contact with Europeans came in 1456, when these navigators landed on James Island about 30km (19mi) upriver from the sea. Although the Portuguese didn't establish a settlement, they continued to monopolise trade along the West African coast throughout the 16th century. In their trading posts, salt, iron, pots and pans, firearms and gunpowder were exchanged for ivory, ebony, beeswax, gold and slaves. (It's been suggested that the River Gambia's name stems from the Portuguese word cambio , meaning 'exchange,' or, in this context, 'trade.')

46. Culture Connection For June
    historian from the gambia, West africa. We encourage you to telephone us and aska question of this special guest or answer our culture Connection questions.  
    http://www.philsch.k12.pa.us/it/EC/IMedia/Meetthegriot.html
    
    Extractions: Studies Department, Office of Curriculum Support. Dianne Jambo! (Hello!) I am Mrs. Dianne Partee, Curriculum Specialist in the African American Studies Department. Jambo, Hello. I am Mrs. Dianne Partee, Curriculum Specialist, in African American Studies Dept. Welcome to another season of Culture Connection. The title of this program is ‘Meet The Griot". We are honored to have joining us in the studio today Alphaji Papa Susso,, an oral historian from the Gambia, West Africa. We encourage you to telephone us and ask a question of this special guest or answer our Culture Connection questions. To the teachers and other educators this Culture Connection will address the district’s literacy focus. AND the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Reading, writing, Speaking and Listening. Vocabulary Development, Comprehension and Interpretation. Social Studies Standard #1

47. Africa Links
    photo africa west, african image and educational resource, culture the culturewareProject The arts, culture and heritage The gambia, The gambia Ressource Page,  
    http://www.africanculture.dk/en/african_culture_links.htm
    
    Extractions: Dapamda Links to African Culture on the WWW African Music and African Culture African music, African Reggae, African culture and drumming. Real videos and music, photos and stories from Ghana Top Musicians. African Treasures - African Culture Education Planet - African Culture Education Planet - The K-12 education Web guide has links to help teachers, students and parents find quality educational resources, including African culture resources. Gambian Culture Page A page on Gambian Culture African Art and African Culture: Heritage Sculpture's West Africa West African Panel from Heritage Sculpture's Heritage Series, limited edition fine art sculptures by artist William Reimann. (English) Yeno Anongwi Website of an African Female Artist African Culture University African Culture University P.O. Box 270211 Nashville, Tennessee 37227-0211 USA 615-327-2491 615-320-1843 fax eMail: Mustafa2a@aol.com Africa is a rich continent. Over 3000 ethnic groups, cultures, and languages emanate from Africa. The tremendous beauty Links2Go: African Culture Links and topics related to African Culture.

48. The Living Africa | A Gambian Story
    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://hyperion.advanced.org/16645/gallery/covert_story.html
    
    Extractions: Farafeni, Gambia In Newjeswang, Gambia live the Jobarta family and their relatives. They are part of a West African ethnic group known as the Manding. Chris Covert and her husband have become close friends with the Jobarta family. At one time Chris and her husband lived with them while waiting for their own apartment to be built. It is here in Newjeswang that Chris has set up the Jobo Kunda cultural exchange program. This program was created to bring people of North America and West Africa together for the purpose of sharing and preserving traditional cultures. Our music and dance instructors are from the jalis or griot society, the historic keepers of the culture. Through her friendship with the Jobartas, Chris has had the opportunity of learning about their culture and working with them to enable others to come and live with the contemporary Manding. Some people come for 4 weeks, others stay for several months. It has proved to be an enriching experience for all involved.

49. The Living Africa | A Gambian Story
    She makes annual trips to West africa and operates Jobo Kunda, an organization sharingthe experience of music, dance, and the local culture of the gambia.  
    http://hyperion.advanced.org/16645/gallery/covert.html
    
    Extractions: Chris Covert, whose photographs of people from Gambia, West Africa are featured here, is an artist who lives in Hancock, Maine. She makes annual trips to West Africa and operates Jobo Kunda, an organization which provides housing and study opportunities for people interested in sharing the experience of music, dance, and the local culture of the Gambia. Now in her late 40's, her interest in Africa dates to her early teens, and she has studied African arts, culture, music and dance for the last 9 years. Her African-influenced oil and watercolor paintings focus primarily on women and children, and the rhythms of life in West Africa filtered through her own sensibilities. Chris Covert's activities also include her work as lead singer and business manager in Akwapem: 9th Village. An educational and performance troupe under the musical direction of Kwabena Owusu of Ghana, Akwapem speaks in the voices of African music and culture. Akwapem offers lecture-demonstrations, workshops, performances and African Festival Program to schools, festivals and other events throughout New England.

50. Gambia: THE ALL-AFRICA INTERNET GUIDE: Gambia
    widespread as the UNDP's Internet Initiative for africa programme helped Personalweb site offering an introduction to gambia's society and culture.  
    http://www.goafrica.co.za/africa/gambia.stm

51. 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

52. TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
    gambia. culture. Although gambia is the smallest country in africa,its culture is the product of very diverse influences. The national  
    http://www.traveldocs.com/gm/culture.htm
    
    Extractions: Gambia The single largest tribal group in Gambia is the Mandinka, an agricultural people with a hereditary nobility. The Wolofs are very prominent in the capital city of Banjul, as are the Ajus, descendants of freed slaves who rank among the bureaucratic elite. The Jola people are predominantly organized around the cultivation of rice, and the Fulas around the herding of cattle. The Sarahuli people are involved in local trade. Each of these groups speaks its own language, all of which are classified as part of the Niger-Congo language group. English is the official language of Gambia, and the country forms a long narrow strip of English speakers surrounded by francophone Senegal. The majority of Gambians are Muslim, though urban people tend to be more strict in their adherence to Islamic law than people in the countryside. Some of the Gambia's most ancient monuments are located inland near Wassau, where circles of stones mark 1,200-year-old burial grounds. Most of the country's cultural landmarks are closer to the coast. Just off the southern bank, where the Gambia River meets the Atlantic, the capital city of Banjul occupies an island (named St. Mary by the British), and is home to The Gambian National Museum. The skyline of Banjul is also graced by the twin minarets of the King Faud Mosque and the State House, built by the Portuguese. Nearby in the area around MacCarthy Square the is old colonial part of the city exhibiting its 19th-century architecture. On the river's northern bank at Barra Point is Fort Bullen. This fort was built by the British to replace the defeated James Island Fortress, which had been erected by the Germans in 1651, and is thus a symbol of European rivalry. The fort was also an important transshipment center for the slave trade.

53. Society And Culture @ Worldagogo.com - Local Links And Information, Society And
    Add your web site to Worldagogo.com FAST FOREVER.Home africa gambia Society and culture,  
    http://www.worldagogo.com/global/Africa/Gambia/Society_and_Culture/

54. MelaNet:AWG:Planning Your Wedding:Honeymoon And Travel
    the ceremony, you can experience the rich culture of your heritage with a honeymoontour of africa, visiting sites per year to Senegal and The gambia in West  
    http://www.africanweddingguide.com/planning/ht_afrhoneymoon.html
    
    Extractions: Dreaming of Africa? The ultimate dream-exchanging vows with your soul mate in the land of your ancestors, surrounded by family, friends, and the beauty of the motherland. After the ceremony, you can experience the rich culture of your heritage with a honeymoon tour of Africa, visiting sites and seeing the history that made you who are. Kerr Munyagen Tours offer four travel departures per year to Senegal and The Gambia in West Africa. If you are traveling to Gambia for your honeymoon, you may consider having your ceremony performed there as well. An optional Gambia marriage ceremony is available on the tours below. Experience a celebration in Africa, unique and unforgettable. The ceremony will commence late in the afternoon in a small typical village. Dancers, drummers, and musicians from the local tribe will perform, wearing ceremonial costumes and playing traditional instruments. The ceremony will be officiated by a district officer, the tribal chief, or elders of the village. Senegal and the Gambia: $1289.00 per person double, plus tax

55. Africa Bicycle Tours Schedule: North, South, East, West & Central Africa Cultura
    Peopleto-People Exploration of Senegal/gambia coast and GUINEA West africa People-to-PeopleTour though Highlights include the culture of the Soussou and  
    http://www.ibike.org/bikeafrica/schedule.htm

56. Africa Travel Heritage Culture History
    7269230 Los Angeles Times - March 21, 1999 africa Family Festival african Americanswho want to return to their roots can make a pilgrimage to gambia as part  
    http://www.galleryasha.com/press.html
    
    Extractions: Gallery Asha of Culver City will be hosting a tour of Zimbabwe July 14 to 30. Participants fly to Harare for an early evening city tour, then travel to the ancient ruins of the Monomatapa Empire, also known as Great Zimbabwe. From July 25 to 28 the group will travel to Victoria Falls, Lake Kariba and Hwange National Park. Once in Victoria Falls, quests are free to walk around the falls and visit the Nature Sanctuary or the Crafts Village or have a lunch or a sunset cruise. At Hwange National Park, guests will view animals in the wild during an early morning and afternoon game drive. Lake Kariba will be a rest-and-relaxation point on the return to Harare, or participants can visit Kariba Heights and the Dam Wall, or have a sunset cruise on the lake. There also will be activities surrounding the fourth African American Summit being held in Harare July 21 to 27.

57. Info About Muslims (MSA @ SUNY/Buffalo)
    soc.culture.somalia; Ethiopia / Eritrea; Ghana / Senegal / gambia / Cameroon; Uganda/ Kenya / Mozambique / Madagascar; South africa soc.culture.southafrica.  
    http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/umma/umma.html
    
    Extractions: In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful The Muslim World, demographically speaking, defines where majorities and significant minorities of indigenous populations are practitioners of the Muslim faith, that is, Islam. Though it is not necessary to maintain, Islamically speaking, geopolitical boundaries and state structures, per se, de facto national entities and political boundaries exist. Material presented here is done so keeping this reality in mind, not necessarily as an ideal model. The Muslim World News and other information Issues Concerning Muslims Not all links are to sites maintained by Muslims or for the purpose of Islam just background information on national entities. Yahoo Regional/Country Information UT-Austin Library Map Collection The Americas

58. OPIC Links: Gambia
    Business culture Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Investment Promotion Agency- gambia Investment Promotion Congress Reading Room - africa / Middle East  
    http://www.opic.gov/links/countryInfo.asp?country=Gambia®ion=afr

59. Teaching Jobs
    1) Eritrea@ (11) Ethiopia@ (73) Farming Systems@ (2) Gabon@ (5) gambia@ (9) Gay andLife in africa Online Documents on art, culture and society in africa.  
    http://dirs.globalesl.net/cat/69066/

60. People And Culture Of Senegal
    found in the Casamance, but also in gambia and the the Bassari which live mainlyby the culture of the include Youssou N'Dour one of africa's most important  
    http://www.africaguide.com/country/senegal/culture.htm
    
    Extractions: HOME NEWS LETTER CONTACT US LINK TO US ... CHARITIES Jump to a Country Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo Dem.Rep. Congo (Zaire) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Bissau Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Senegal The Wolofs, are the most represented (35%), they make up the majority in all the regions, especially in the centre, the north and the coast of Dakar and Saint Louis. The farmers and the merchants, of Muslim faith for the majority, there importance is certain in the nations economy. The Lebous, established in fishing communities in the peninsula of Cap-Vert and in Saint Louis are related. The Pulaar (20%), is composed of the Foulbes, Peuls and Toucouleurs, in the northern Senegal, the Fouta Toro, historical source for the propagation of Islam in Senegal, make up the cultural birthplace, they are very active in the commercial domain, as well as breeding and irrigated farming. they populate the Senegalese river valley and the Ferlo region.

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