History

Kunta Kinteh Island: Gambia’s Haunting Slave History Unveiled

By Elena Müller On April 18, 2026, as the dry season blankets Gambia in golden light, Kunta Kinteh Island emerges as a must-visit Unesco World Heritage site just a short boat ride from Banjul. This sm…

20 Apr 2026

UDP Turmoil: an Introspection for Opposition Leader Ousainu Darboe

8 Sept 2025

Rewind: Lawyer J Darbo’s Open Letter to the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council

4 Sept 2025

The Four British Colonial Territories in West Africa

9 Oct 2024

An African Abolitionist Called Lourenco Da Silva Mendonca

3 Aug 2023

The Gambia @58 Independence Anniversary

19 Apr 2023

English Major from the Gambia Helps Preserve Ancient African Fables

30 Mar 2023

Independence Revisited (part 1)

9 Mar 2023

I500 People Lay Dead at Kombo Sabiji: Why August 4th Should Be Commemorated as a National Day of Mourning

16 Aug 2022

I500 People Lay Dead at Kombo Sabiji: why August 4th Should Be Commemorated as a National Day of Mourning Part 2

5 Aug 2022

I500 People Lay Dead at Kombo Sabiji: why August 4th Should Be Commemorated as a National Day of Mourning

4 Aug 2022

Masters and Servants

24 May 2022

The Danger of a Single Story: Kambi Was a Bainunka WHO Met the Europeans and Gave US the Name Gambia

3 Dec 2021

Dereliction of Duty: love and Corruption

22 Oct 2021

We Must Add the Touray Family of Kombo Gunjur to the List of Clans That Ruled in Kombo: Enter Foday Kombo Sillah Touray, the Last King of Kombo for the Period 29 September 1875 to March 10, 1894

1 Oct 2021

In Search of Great Mandinka Women: the Rise of Snakes and How the Surname Saho/Sakho/Sisawo Came About

12 Sept 2021

Bakary Sidibe: a Repository of Gambia Contemporary History

9 Aug 2021

The Taxi Drivers’ Coup of 1981– Where I Was and How I Lived It

30 Jul 2021

How Nuimi Changed the Trajectory of the Soninke Marabout Wars in Kombo:destination Sabiji and in July 1855

16 Jul 2021