Books on Gambian history

Edited overview

These books introduce readers to Gambian history, heritage and the wider Senegambian region. The list comes from the original archive and is a reading guide, rather than a statement of current availability.

Historic Sites of the Gambia

An illustrated guide to monuments and historical sites, co-published by the National Council for Arts and Culture and Roc International.

Patience Sonko-Godwin

Social and Political Structures in the Precolonial Period examines communities of the Senegambian region. Leaders of the Senegambian Region explores responses to European influence during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Florence Mahoney

Stories of Senegambia was written as an educational resource for teachers, student teachers and secondary-school pupils.

Photographs from the archive

Edited from the original Gambia.dk archive. Historical information reflects the period described.