Title:	A Political History of the Gambia, 1816–1994
Authors:	Arnold, Hughes David, Perfect Toyin Falola
Keywords:	Gambia--Politics and government.
Issue Date:	2006
Publisher:	University of Rochester
Description:	This is the first full-length account of the modern political history of The Gambia, covering the period from the establishment of the British settlement of Bathurst on St. Mary’s Island (site of the modern capital, Banjul) on the estuary of the River Gambia in 1816, to the overthrow of the elected government of President Sir Dawda Jawara in an army coup in July 1994. During this long period, British colonial rule gradually spread up river to form the British Protectorate of Gambia. Initially disputed over with the French, this territory subsequently was contested by African political movements seeking a transfer of power to an elected Gambian parliament. This was achieved with Gambian independence in February 1965.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/8956
ISBN:	1-58046-230-8
Appears in Collections:	African Studies

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