The history of The Gambia, told honestly: the Atlantic slave trade on the river, Kunta Kinte and Roots, MacCarthy and the Gold Coast, independence and the Senegambia Confederation.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage/4252998522.xml?limit=10/images/0/20300426/GAMBIA_BEACH_B-ZaP4lHaauwyMVeu-Yj0QUg.JPGKunta Kinte of Juffureh, the hero of Alex Haley’s Roots: what the book claimed, what historians found, the griot, the lawsuit, and why the island still bears his name.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/kunta-kinte-the-man-the-book-and-the-legendhttps://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/kunta-kinte-the-man-the-book-and-the-legendHow the Gambia River became a highway of the Atlantic slave trade: Portuguese traders, English and French forts, African kingdoms, the scale, abolition, and the links to Ghana’s castles.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/the-gambia-and-the-atlantic-slave-tradehttps://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/the-gambia-and-the-atlantic-slave-tradeDid Gambians fight the Asante for Britain? One British West African army, the Bathurst garrison, MacCarthy’s death in 1824, the Gambia Company of 1901, and what the record really shows.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/gambian-soldiers-in-britains-wars-against-the-asantehttps://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/gambian-soldiers-in-britains-wars-against-the-asanteThe governor who ruled the Gambia and the Gold Coast, gave his name to MacCarthy Island and died fighting the Asante at Nsamankow in 1824.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/charles-maccarthy-the-governor-who-linked-the-gambia-and-the-gold-coasthttps://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/charles-maccarthy-the-governor-who-linked-the-gambia-and-the-gold-coastFor decades The Gambia and Ghana were run as one British West Africa: shared governors, one army, one currency, Krio families, and a 1920 Accra congress where a Gambian named E. F. Small spoke.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/the-gambia-and-the-gold-coast-one-british-west-africahttps://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/the-gambia-and-the-gold-coast-one-british-west-africa1The Gambia’s road from 18 February 1965: Jawara, the 1970 republic, the 1981 coup attempt, Senegal’s troops, the Senegambia Confederation of 1982–1989, and why it fell apart.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/gambian-independence-1965-and-the-senegambia-confederationhttps://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/gambian-independence-1965-and-the-senegambia-confederationWhy The Gambia is called the Smiling Coast of Africa: 300 Swedish tourists in 1965, a nickname born with tourism, what is real behind the smile, and what it hides.https://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/the-smiling-coast-of-africa-where-the-name-comes-fromhttps://gambiavibes.com/heritage-item/the-smiling-coast-of-africa-where-the-name-comes-from