The Gambia

The number of migrants coming from Africa to Italy last year was near 64,000 people (Sieff). It has become very easy to get into Italy from Gambia because of the fighting in Libya, this fighting has distracted Italy and they left their borders unguarded. Most people are forced to keep their plans of leaving a secret until they leave in case of someone telling the Gambian government. If the…

about a man who tries to tackle the hardship as an invidual in the modern society. In the short story the reader gets to meet the dynamic protagonist, Husman. Husman is from “the Gambia” and is well known between his own people. He decided to immigrate to London, so he could make some money and send it back to Gambia so he subsequently could go back to his own country and build a compound. Husman looks to be an open minded man who values rectitude and respect, but he is also extremely naïve…

My parents are from a small country located at the west side of Africa called The Gambia. Being that I was born and raised in New York, I have never been to my parents homeland. Throughout my childhood, my parents taught me how to speak two different languages English and Soninke. The Soninke language is very important to not only my parents but to me also. At home it is all we speak. It is the way I interact with my parents, it gives me comfort and most definitely gives me life. However,…

by reflecting on the past shaping the present, perhaps through intercultural relationships and interconnections between different civilizations and in more broader perspective. He establishes his ideas by incorporating Niumi, a small territory in Gambia transitioning into a substantial world economic and political system from the…

Between 1881 and 1914, the European powers invaded, divided, and occupied the continent of Africa during what is now known as, The Scramble for Africa. In doing so, they disrupted the lives of African people and permanently altered the physical and cultural landscape of Africa. In Basil Davidson’s, “The Magnificent African Cake,” he chronicles the beginning of colonialism in Africa, the impact of European rule on the continent, and the ideologies that justified the exploitation of the African…

I asked my father why my grandfather never send any of them to school, my father will tell me that back then, Gambia did not have western education system like it is today. He said Gambia was still under colonial rule and the only western school system in the country was centered in the capital city and not in the villages. Secondly, back in those days western education was not seen as a requirement to hold a chieftaincy position or to be a district leader of once territory. There was no…

complete and expedition to India. Many Years \, in 1445, Prince Henry sent the Venetian navigator Alvise da Cadamosto (1432-1511) on two expeditions. On the first, in 1455, Cadamosto reached the mouth of the Gambia river (in west AFrica.) On the second in 1456 Cadamosto sailed up the Gambia river to the Geba River. He tried trading with the Africans but was unsuccessful. Cadamosto claimed to have discovered the Cape Verde Islands, but it is uncertain if he was the first on there. When these…

Introduction: Lebanese Canadian Bank operated from 1968 through 1988 as a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada Middle East. Lebanese is now one of the top ten banks in Lebanon and is a parent bank to Prime Bank (Gambia) Ltd. And currently has around 35 branches in Lebanon with around 600 or more permanent employees. Mr. Georges E. Zard Abou Jaoude and Mr. Mohammad I. Hamdoun are the Chairman General Managers and members of the board of the company. The bank has been developing in present day…

story using an informal tone. Firstly, you can indicate that this is a personal story from the use of the elements of a narrative in the essay. The plot is that Pigott goes to Gambia, finds comfort in their standard of beauty, comes back to Canada and reverts back to our standard of beauty. The setting for the story is Gambia and Canada, and the characters are Pigott, the african women, or the unnamed people in Canada. Furthermore, the phrases Pigott uses “I began”, “I tied”, “I felt” are all…

I also collect local donations of clothing, toys and books which my Drama then help me to pack and send to Gambia. I have done this with an organisation named Gambian project who are in representation of an orphanage In Gambia. I have collected local donations of clothing, toys and books and my Drama help me to pack, the parcels are then sent to Gambia. At present little people make Big change is developing a scheme with the Bodmin community were a small group of children will…