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kondorong
Gambia
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 Posted - 16 Nov 2006 : 21:13:26
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Jawara's teacher also stood against him for election. Who was he?
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Sanusi
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Posted - 16 Nov 2006 : 21:21:59
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| Ibrahim Garba Jahumpa taught Jawara at Mohammedan Primary School |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 17 Nov 2006 : 19:03:50
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You are right. He was a founding memeber of Bathurst Young Muslim Society and first Gambian chairman of the Bathurst Town Council in 1959. He enetered politics in 1951 and later became agriculture minister. He was very friendly with the Communist block having been invited many times in North Korea, China, USSR and the Czech Republic. He was also a friend of Nasser(Egypt).
He represented Gambia in 1945 in London at the Fifth Pan African Conference and it was there he met Kwammeh Nkrummah and Jomo Kenyatta who were his prsonal friend. Upon return in 1945, his political life began and formed the Barthurst Young Muslim Society. That was just a front for loftier political ambitions. |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 17 Nov 2006 : 19:21:13
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its all well and good that he or she did this and that. but i have always wondered why is it that we dont honour these people in everyday life in the design of our cities and towns. Practically there are no statues in the gambia.
atleast in the cities elsewhere, there is always a statue of some important historical figure in a square somewhere.
is it because of Islam, culture or are we not just interested in being grateful. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 17 Nov 2006 : 20:36:13
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I Think Gambians are just not grateful period. I would like to see a statue for M.E>Jallow in the Quadrangle. He was a very important man who fought for the highest salary increase ever in Gambian history - 25% and after that in the following year a 10% salary increase. That is 35% salary increase in 2 years. No one could beat that.
There are many more. The sad thing is Gambians are not proud of who they are. We seem to know every street corner of london, Slough, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds than we know of Banjul. |
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MADIBA
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Nov 2006 : 20:43:29
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IMPORTANT PIECES OF HISTORY. SANUSI, NJUCKS , KONDS ET AL KEEP IT UP! I was never a great History student was more inclined to the Sciences The Bantaba is my night school in History and others. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 17 Nov 2006 : 22:41:02
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| There are better students of history here that i look up to. I am just a small fry in the pot. |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 17 Nov 2006 : 23:27:23
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i have a question.
What was the British Population at Independence (1965)?
50?, 100? 1000? |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 17 Nov 2006 : 23:54:15
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There was no census in 1965 but certainly their population was not more than 500. Rememeber at the independence ball in 1965, 300 englishmen were invited which includes entourage of the Duke of Kent and the Royal Marines that were off shore in Banjul for the ceremonial lowering of the Union Jack.
A few that were not invited gathered to have their own sobotage party to disrupt the night. A pressure from above and the threat of deportation made them change thir mind. To be conservative, i will put their number at less than 500. |
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