About Gambia

Gambia is nowadays also a member of the Economic Community of West African States and other international organizations. The Gambia’s economy is dominated by farming, fishing, and especially tourism. The name “Gambia” is derived from the Mandinka term Kambra/Kambaa, meaning Gambia River (or possibly from the sacred Serer Gamba, a special type of calabash beaten when a Serer elder dies).

The Gambia. (2022, December 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia

Country Location

West Africa

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Population

1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census

Land Area

10,689 square kilometres

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At the entrance of Gambia

November 27, 2022

We’d spent four days without a bath, and no food, in rickety buses down rolling hills in Guinea. We were spent. Beyond physical exhaustion, we were emotionally drained. It was visible in attitudes, speeches, and several nerves on edge.The journey, however, had to continue because we had a few days to end the tour. Once […]