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8 unusual facts about Banjul


Biri Biri

Alhaji Momodo Nije (born 30 March 1948, Banjul, Gambia), more commonly known as Biri Biri is a Gambian former football player who used to play for Sevilla FC.

He currently lives back home in Gambia working as a civil servant for Banjul council, where he also coaches young children at Wallidan Banjul.

He moved back to Gambia to play for Wallidan Banjul, before moving to Europe once more in 1972, as he became the first African player to play professionally in Denmark, as he signed for B 1901.

Child sacrifice in Uganda

Ritual Killing and Human Sacrifice in Africa, a statement made at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights , 48th Session (November 10-24) in Banjul, Gambia.

Human trafficking in the Gambia

In July 2009, a Banjul court convicted a Gambian man of trafficking two children and sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment.

Patience Sonko-Godwin

Born in Banjul, Patience Sonko-Godwin was educated in the Gambia before going to St. Edwards Senior Secondary School in Freetown, Sierra Leone to have her sixth form education.

Stigmella wollofella

It was described by Gustafsson in 1972 and is endemic to Gambia where it was discovered in Gambia River which flows between Basse Santa Su and Banjul.

Wolof language

In the Gambia, about 20-25 percent of the population speak Wolof as a first language, but Wolof has a disproportionate influence because of its prevalence in Banjul, the Gambian capital, where 75 percent of the population use it as a first language.


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Arch 22

The gallery on the second floor provides an impressive panorama of the city, with the view extending down to the sea port of Banjul and the mangrove forests of Tanbi Wetland Complex.

Couronian colonization

The Duchy also took other local land including St. Mary Island (modern day Banjul) and Fort Jillifree.

Gambia National Museum

In late 1999, Hassoum Ceesay, a new graduate in history became Curator and soon worked with his superior officer, Baba Ceesay, to revamp a part of the original exhibition with a display on the history and Culture and Banjul, the capital.

Lamin, Gambia

Lamin, Western Division, Gambia, a city located in the Western Division near the national capital Banjul

Lenrie Peters

Peters worked in hospitals in Guildford and Northampton before returning to the Gambia, where he had a surgical practice in Banjul.

Leo Igwe

In 2009, Igwe represented the International Humanist and Ethical Union at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in Banjul, Gambia, where he spoke out on the IHEU's behalf against caste-based discrimination in Africa.

Spriggs Payne Airport

This was quickly replaced by the services of its affiliate, ASKY Airlines which began operating from Spriggs-Payne, flying initially to Accra, Banjul and Abidjan with onward service to its hub at Lome.

The Daily Observer

The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul, the Gambia.

Vanny Reis

As the official representative of Cape Verde for the 2011 Miss West Africa pageant held in Banjul, the Gambia on December 18, 2011, Vanny Reis captured the crown of Miss West Africa 2011/12, becoming the first woman to win an international pageant for Cape Verde.

William Dixon Colley

He was born on 14 November 1913 at Bathurst now Banjul (the capital of the Gambia) and died on 17 January 2001 at Sukuta (a Gambian town).

Yahya Jammeh

In July 2006, journalist Ebrima Manneh of The Daily Observer was reportedly arrested by state security after attempting to republish a BBC report criticizing Jammeh shortly before an African Union meeting in Banjul; his arrest was witnessed by coworkers.


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