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People and everyday life in The Gambia

A concise, edited introduction from the Gambia.dk archive. Historical details may have changed.

Edited overview

Photographs from 1996 to 2005 record community life in Kuntaur and Yona. They show elders, crafts, farming, religious observance and local architecture.

Photographs from the archive

Qur’an reading in remembrance of someone who has died, January 2005.
Qur’an reading in remembrance of someone who has died, January 2005.
Cattle in a rice field in Kuntaur, January 2005.
Cattle in a rice field in Kuntaur, January 2005.
An old colonial house in Kuntaur, January 2005.
An old colonial house in Kuntaur, January 2005.
A silversmith at work in Kuntaur Wharf Town, January 2005.
A silversmith at work in Kuntaur Wharf Town, January 2005.
Male initiates, January 2002.
Male initiates, January 2002.
A village alkalo, pictured on the left.
A village alkalo, pictured on the left.
Elders in Yona village, April 1996.
Elders in Yona village, April 1996.

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

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