The Gambia | A River that Became a Country

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The Gambia, it's the African mainland's smallest country and has a border unlike any other. It's long and skinny - just 30 miles across at its widest points - and nearly splits another country (Senegal) in half. The Gambia, in fact, is surrounded by Senegal on three sides. The only bit of the country that doesn’t border Senegal is the very short Gambian coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. Somewhat frustratingly for Dakar, this geographical arrangement has isolated a part of southern Senegal, known as the Casamance region, and given rise to separatism.
All this begs an obvious question: Why does The Gambia exist in the first place?
That's exactly what we'll be exploring: from Portuguese influence to British and French colonialism, independence, and the short-lived Senegambia Confederation.
#history #africa #thegambia #senegal #geography #ghostcountries
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro + Why does The Gambia exist?
00:52 It's all in THE name
01:51 Possible origins of THE name
03:01 Triangular Trade + British and French Colonialism
04:23 Gambia Colony and Protectorate and Establishing Bathurst
05:14 Proposed Cession of Gambia to France
06:52 Were cannonballs used to shape Gambia's border?
08:10 Independence, 1981 Gambian Coup, and the Senegambia Confederation
09:59 Casamance Conflict
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@GhostCountries 6 месяцев назад

Want to know the story behind another strange border in Africa 🌍: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9LKOaNl7FQ.html

@Artur_M. 9 месяцев назад

In the 1650s The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia - a vassal state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth located in modern-day Latvia (and with mostly German ruling class, including the Duke Jakob Kettler) tried to establish a colony in the Gambia.

@undertaker9587 9 месяцев назад

They actually established

@ruksis_dupsis 9 месяцев назад

they DID establish a colony

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

A video dedicated to Curonian colonialism definitely will happen at some point on the channel!

@maxandlily6074 9 месяцев назад

@@GhostCountriesare you gonna talk about the 2016 “coup” by former president Yahya Jammeh which caused ECOWAS to intervene and invade, then Jammeh resigned

@erik3371 9 месяцев назад

@@undertaker9587think they worded it like that because it isn't considered a success. As in they tried to establish a colony but had to abandon the project only a little more then a decade later.

@salkoharper2908 9 месяцев назад

A large part of why the Gambian government and army do not want to have a customs union or free trade with Senegal is that they charge high tolls to cross the ferries over the Gambia river. Any Senegalese truck driver, car or foot passenger has to pay the tolls, (often with heafty bribes included), to cross over the Gambia territory. The govt and border guards make a lot of money from corruption this way. It prevents trade and business from being conducted efficiently and only makes trucks, traders and travellers lose money, but it is how corruption works there. This is why trade or travel is still so low and expensive, even though the countries are next to each other.

@ousman997 9 месяцев назад

Unfortunately that was bad experience you had, but The Gambia is far better than that.

@SC-uv5le 9 месяцев назад

As as Gambian I understand the economic benefit but you are right that it’s too expensive and corrupt. Even us Gambian are complaining about this hefty prices levied on us. The sad thing is the money collected is not invested back to the people. Stays with the elites in government. In fact the bridge is now under Africa50’s management.

@salkoharper2908 9 месяцев назад

@@SC-uv5le Yes, if the money from the tolls was invested back into the economy it could do some good, and be used to pay for improved infrastructure, like a railway bridge. As you say however, it gets stolen through corruption. There is much scope for economic growth and development in Gambia, if only this corruption can be overcome.

@ebrimajabbi5054 2 месяца назад

Corruption in the Gambia is like a cancer of the heart. Take it from a Gambian.

@benaempire939 Месяц назад

@@ousman997bro they are whites trying to teach us 😅 he is lying all he knows about the gambia he knows it on this video's

@Spinna720 9 месяцев назад

Love from a Gambian 🇬🇲

@harry.flashman 9 месяцев назад

Love from uk. my first african friends are from Gambia. Lige long vriends with people crom your country. ❤

@___gg421 9 месяцев назад

Don’t you mean love from a The Gambian?

@harry.flashman 9 месяцев назад

@@___gg421 love Gambia 💪❤✌🙏

@harry.flashman 9 месяцев назад

@@___gg421 and Gambian

@KanyeWestLover2022 9 месяцев назад

Haaland

@liversuccess1420 9 месяцев назад

I was disappointed to learn that the Miss Universe contestant from this country goes by "Miss Gambia" and not "Miss The Gambia" which I thought would be 1000 times better. It would refer to her, as well as describe what happens if you take that longer route in Senegal between Dakar and Cap Skirring.

@itookallthenames 9 месяцев назад

And now the the final, miss the Gambia vs miss the Bahamas

@jtgd 9 месяцев назад

It’s like New York’s “The Bronx” being shortened to “bronx”. Seems weird sounding

@ringgame 9 месяцев назад

@@itookallthenameslmao

@andy99ish 18 дней назад

@@itookallthenames ... and Miss the Netherlands taking the third place, while Miss the UK a distant seventh.

@mickeitachannel498 9 месяцев назад

Great content. Gambia and Senegal where all provice of the ancient Mali Empire of the mande or mandinka people and was the access source of the ocean for them.

@DBT1007 8 месяцев назад

just like how Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Brunei Philippines should unite as one country, or.. how haiti and dominica need to be one country, or... Iran Iraq as one nation, or... China Hongkong Macau should be just one and give that taiwan island to the native austronesian to be austronesian nation, etc. so many family that broken because of the European powers...

@Bambino8888 5 месяцев назад

@@DBT1007 people should name specific countries instead of saying "European powers colonised everybody". because I am European but we never colonized nobody 😂 anyway, I heard that Haiti and Dominican RP are pretty different in economics and crime rate and everything. Spanish was running the colony more wise and they created more equal society. Dominican RP is actually pretty decent economy. best in Caribbean and C.America and like 8th in Latin American countries. I mean, if you would give people to vote for unification, prbly they would vote no in Dom RP 🤷

@tidianediallo6860 3 месяца назад

very well rounded comment ! excellent . division in progress ! let’s unit back and create the Mali empire back .

@kingbradley7731 3 месяца назад

@@tidianediallo6860no

@mouhamed42 3 месяца назад

Fake !! Only the south of Senegal was in the mali empire, the south of Senegal IS populated in majority la mandenka people.. there were a kingdom and empire indépendant in the centre and the North : Jolof Empire, Tekruur etc ..

@bocjagne2878 5 месяцев назад

Good one! I learned about some of our history I never knew about but when all is said and done, Gambia and Senegal should be one country, because it is, literally!

@joe_lubinda 9 месяцев назад

Also, my country ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 got it's name from the ZAMBEZI River 😝☺️

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

That came full circle! 😅

@joe_lubinda 9 месяцев назад

@@GhostCountries 😂 yessir

@Biobele 5 месяцев назад

Nigeria also got its name from the River Niger.

@andy99ish 18 дней назад

And the Niger from the Niger !

@BlueBuckJS 9 месяцев назад

Glad to see ghost geography made a comeback on the channel! I think your last one was about the Sarra Triangle, which was really interesting and there's so many other stories like that all over the world. I mean, I know the main focus of the channel is ghost countries, but I think these kind of episodes are great as well! Also, The Gambia has to get credit for a pretty cool flag design. 🇬🇲

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Sarra Triangle was a personal favorite of mine and yeah, we've got plenty more planned for ghost geography going forward. I'm not exactly sure how regular they'll be in terms of content scheduling, but we'll figure something out.

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Personally, I do like The Gambia's flag too! The continent honestly has more than a few nicely designed flags.

@theemirofjaffa2266 9 месяцев назад

Yea.. we got the best flag in Africa..😉

@amadeus3165 8 месяцев назад

Great video! I have an idea for the next video. What about the history of Heligoland, a small German island that was once controlled by the British. Would be great to see that. And please keep making great vids.

@GhostCountries 6 месяцев назад

I could've sworn I responded to this, but Heligoland actually makes a brief appearance in our latest video. I definitely think we'll do a more detailed video on the island in the future though!

@raheemjalloh1441 9 месяцев назад

The Gambia 🇬🇲 the smiling coast of Africa !

@k-c 5 месяцев назад

I was always curious about Gambia's history when I explored the map. Thank you for making this video.

@markc7884 2 месяца назад

The

@mohamadmansour7461 8 месяцев назад

Nice Video! Time goes fast while watching you!

@MavroProductions 5 месяцев назад

Africa is so unique man.

@jamesl.r.huddleston3225 9 месяцев назад

Nice,thanks.Please make a doc on (: the Aku speakers of The Gambia.

@waffle6376 9 месяцев назад

could you do katanga next

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Yes! I can't say exactly when, but Katanga is definitely on our list. It's kind of an interesting one, since it fits the criteria both for a regular ghost countries' (State of Katanga) and ghost geography (Katanga Province) episode; either way, we'll be covering it.

@maxasaurus3008 9 месяцев назад

I like waffles, js

@rosiefay7283 9 месяцев назад

The real strange thing is not that THE Gambia is a separate country, but how come Casamance (that area to its south) became part of Senegal, rather than any other country, even though that made Senegal a strange shape.

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Oh, we'll definitely be further exploring Casamance's story in a future video!

@lemonade_ib 9 месяцев назад

Casamass is Senegal

@bubacarrjallow8061 9 месяцев назад

The truth is Cassamance is a stolen land by Senegal and eastern Cassamance which is Tambacounda was in effect detached and renamed Senegal orièntale

@lemonade_ib 9 месяцев назад

@@bubacarrjallow8061 Cassamance was a colony of the Portuguese, it was handed over to by French, when Senegal got independence, the region was given too .

@AdamaDiop-rh4ii 3 месяца назад

Casamance, The Gambia and the rest of Senegal is all one country regardless of the name you give it. We were divided and conquered.

@mkmkmk9536 9 месяцев назад

Wow..fascinating history!😮

@kirbyward2001 9 месяцев назад

Nicely done. Complicated history made understandable

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Glad you liked it!

@jiayizhou323 9 месяцев назад

Good video as always!

@yao4964 Месяц назад

Very interesting country!! Thank you for sharing us!

@hans7856 9 месяцев назад

Hmm. The reason why The Gambia is surrounded, which was not the case at first, is because Portugal gave up its Casamance region in exchange for some territory further inland, nowadays part of Guiné-Bissau.

@vipza72130 9 месяцев назад

Really good ! I would have liked more detailled history after independance. Oh well, I'll search for myself. Thx for the video

@lilomouradenilsonkaiowa5195 8 месяцев назад

I.d like to know more about Gâmbia. Is this a good country to expats?

@vipza72130 8 месяцев назад

@@lilomouradenilsonkaiowa5195 For what I know you would prefer Sénégal

@theculturedjinni 9 месяцев назад

Great video about this African country, Africa generally is so underrated.

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Thanks man; yeah, there’s plenty more to explore and I can say we’ve got a few other ghost geography episodes set in Africa coming out soon-ish!

@theculturedjinni 9 месяцев назад

@@GhostCountries will look forward to it!

@Alphoric 9 месяцев назад

Did you just call a continent underrated 🤦‍♂️

@theculturedjinni 9 месяцев назад

@@Alphoric Yes I did, as African history often is very overlooked in Europe and in America.

@ringgame 9 месяцев назад

@@caspar9794he obviously knew. it’s just used as a slang and as you can see he did elaborate on it using the word.

@nomad9135 9 месяцев назад

Great video! I'd personally be interested in hearing about Spain's few remaining outposts in Africa: Ceuta and Melilla.

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

That may be happening soon than you think! 😉

@plusultra6199 3 месяца назад

Why are you interested.? Don't even know why anyone would want to to be there.

@kroosbah3812 7 месяцев назад

Great video coming from a Gambian here 🇬🇲🙌

@GhostCountries 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much; it’s always great hearing from someone from a place cover in a video of ours!

@kroosbah3812 7 месяцев назад

Pleasure is all yours 🙌 Hi from Gambia 🇬🇲

@boblordylordyhowie 9 месяцев назад

I got an ad on FB for a home there and I could watch it being built on a webcam. I live in Scotland and sweat a lot due to a medical condition and could never live there.

@SomasAcademy 9 месяцев назад

2:14 The Gambia region was never controlled by the Songhai Empire, that's just a commonly repeated mistake among online amateur mapmakers, who have a habit of treating Songhai as a bigger version of Mali when their territories didn't actually perfectly overlap.

@JJ-si4qh 9 месяцев назад

Kind of meanly worded. I still appreciate the general knowledge being disseminated that wouldn't have happened otherwise

@SomasAcademy 9 месяцев назад

@@JJ-si4qh I don't see how this is remotely "meanly worded," it's just a straightforward correction of a common mistake and an explanation of where the mistake comes from.

@Njoofene 9 месяцев назад

You are absolutely correct. It has nothing to do with Songhai. In fact, parts of modern-day Gambia were tributary states to the Seereer Kingdom of Saluum. Upper Saluum lies in modern day Senegal, and Lower Saluum was in modern day Gambia - who paid tribute to the Seereer kings who took residence at Kahone, the capital of ancient Saluum, now in present day Senegal. Previously to that, it was briefly part of the Jolof Empire, and before that, part of the Mali Empire, and before that, part of the Ghana Empire.

@SomasAcademy 9 месяцев назад

@@Njoofene The Ghana Empire? I've covered the Ghana Empire on my channel before, as far as I'm aware that one was also much further to the northeast of the Gambia, like Songhai.

@Njoofene 9 месяцев назад

@SomasAcademy Modern day Gambia and Senegal were all part of the Ghana Empire in ancient times. These modern-day countries did not exist at the time. Our ancestors lived in kingdoms, including the ancient Kingdom of Tekrur, which lies in the north of modern Senegal. I know my history very well. I come from here. In fact, the old Wagadou Dynasty (Bagadadou in the Seereer language, the language of my tribe) was the reigning Dynasty of many Senegambian old kingdoms. In fact, in Soninke mythology of the sacred serpent Bidda and in the foundation of the Ghana Empire, it mentions the blood ties between the Soninke and Seereer people.

@Asidders 9 месяцев назад

I like the Portal like sound effects for the arrows 😁

@MSSLatvia 5 месяцев назад

Your history of The Gambia omits an important fact: in1651 the Duchy of Courland under Duke Jakob Kettler established its first colony in Africa, St. Andrews Island on the Gambia River, and founded Fort Jakob there. The Duchy also gained control of additional land, which happened to include St. Mary Island (modern-day Banjul) and Fort Jillifree. Courlanders also had a colony in Tobago. The Duchy's colonies exported ivory, gold, furs, sugar, tobacco, coffee, cotton, ginger, indigo, rum, cocoa, tortoise shells, as well as tropical birds and their much sought after feathers. In the end, the Duchy would manage to retain control of these lands for less than a decade and the colonies were formally ceded to England in 1664. The Duchy of Courland was the only European power which treated the locals as equals and taught them to be merchants. It was the British who took over the Duchy's colonies who began the brutal slave trade in indigenous peoples.

@LowestofheDead 4 месяца назад

I had to google what Courland was - it was a vassal state of Lithuania. We never hear about Baltic colonies!

@user-sh6tt2xx2h 7 месяцев назад

and so, this is such a great video

@Gwarks337 5 месяцев назад

As i was in Gambia the ferries crossing the river Gambia a usually very congested you can wait for hours with proper bribes in place. Avoiding crossing the river may be worth it not only because of not wanting to cross the border.

@drethi818 9 месяцев назад

No mention or curonian colonisation? I thought that would be a strange fact that would work well in this video.

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Honestly, I should’ve mentioned it, but am thinking of just doing a stand alone Curonian colonization at some point now.

@waxingmiracle 8 месяцев назад

Crazy stuff!

@hassanhamid1213 9 месяцев назад

Ilove gambla from knowing many friends and colleagues in ghana and lesotho l hope to communicate with them if they read this message . Hamid . . Sudan .

@elianes5505 9 месяцев назад

Yooo I'm early so I guess I'll leave a comment to the algorithm for now 👍

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

First! 🥇

@tulppp2826 8 месяцев назад

Hey friend, from where you gathered so much information. Love from India.

@jimbeam7636 Месяц назад

Guerilla language lesson of the day: when using the past tense of a verb like "gather" it's the past participle. In this case the person you're asking has performed an action(like a verb). They're "doing" research, so your correct line of questioning is missing the past tense of the verb "do", which is "did". Small nuances like this make English a hassle to learn. The sentence has more direct question if you ask it as "where did you gather all this information?" - with love, A random native English speaker. (P.s. if I ever learn Hindi I'd hope you'd help to correct my language usage as to help further my understanding too)

@ESC_jackqulen 14 дней назад

Learned a lot from this video! One small correction: Newfoundland is pronounced like "Nu-fin-len"

@outerspace7391 9 месяцев назад

I thought the country named itself The Gambia in order to distinguish the state from the river with the same name. Nevertheless, this is such an interesting video! One of the few times I actually learned something new

@glen1555 9 месяцев назад

Like how you used the flag of Great Britain and not the present flag until later in your video

@adamajanneh1998 9 месяцев назад

The territory of The Gambia PROPER extends far beyond the current boundaries crafted by Britain and France. The subject of territorial boundaries is not much of a subject of discussion, because both countries share a common faith and human brotherhood.

@user-ul5pt1yb8z 8 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot

@Njoofene 9 месяцев назад

We ultra traditional and conservative Senegambians (especially the Seereer, to which I am) with a strong knowledge of our history, do not refer to ourselves as "Senegalese" or "Gambian" , but "Senegambian" because we believe in the unification of the two modern nations. These two modern nations were brought on by colonialism without regard for the inhabitants. Previously, our ancestors used to live in kingdoms, and I, for one, and many conservative Seereers, do not believe in the modern nations of Senegal or Gambia. Since the old Kingdoms are no more (with the Seereer Kingdoms of Siin and Saluum being the last to fall (1969), although the Seereers have recently brought back their royal dynasty), we traditionalists are more content referring to ourselves as Senegambians than Gambian or Senegalese. The late Senegambian artist Musa Ngum (of Seereer heritage) was one of the pioneers of this movement. Every Gambian has an ancestor from what we now refer to as modern-day Senegal and vice versa. Even parts of Gambia were tributary of the Seereer Kingdom of Saluum. The ancient Seereer Kingdoms of Siin and Saluum now lie in present-day Senegal. However, what was Upper Saluum is now in modern day Senegal, and Lower Saluum in modern day Gambia, who in ancient times paid tribute to the Seereer kings who took residence at Kahone (now in modern day Senegal). There is no such thing as Senegal or Gambia as far as we are concerned. Since our ancient Kingdoms have collapsed due to France, Britain, and Islamism, we are more willing to accept the notion of a Senegambian nation.

@kevindevaojoo8882 7 месяцев назад

Divide and Conquer A British and France Strategy to control Africa

@marklittle8805 3 месяца назад

It is up to the Senegambian people to make it happen. It sounds like the people running The Gambia want to keep this control over this valley and the commerce through it

@6ix800 2 месяца назад

Gambia was part of Mali empire not what you saying

@aissatoutraoreindian6282 8 месяцев назад

Wonderfully explained grateful for that 🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲

@sharifmahmud111 4 месяца назад

I hope Senegal and Gambia will be one country again.🇸🇳+🇬🇲

@jamesl.r.huddleston3225 9 месяцев назад

Fancy a dip in River🐊Gambia❓If you were in 1970's Banjul,then you likely heard(:"Gambia,River Gambia /: you know sabi 🏊‍♂ swim,water dey carry you go‼"

@atanasstoilov421 9 месяцев назад

Greetings cousin 🎉❤

@Master-mm1dm 3 месяца назад

Very informative video but you missed out probably the most importaint factor. That is the 'Berlin conference' which took place from the 17th November 1884. All of the major European powers of the day were present by invitation of the then German Chancellor 'Otto Von Bismarck'. The main purpose of the conference, today known as the 'Scramble for Africa' was for the said European powers to reach amicable agreement on the division of the African continent by peaceful negotiation rather than by conflict & war. Over the next 107 days, the whole of the African continent was carved up into the seperate countries with most of the borders that we now know today including the Gambia/Senegal. As if the whole continent was a tasty cake being carved up for European consumption & not a single African leader of the day was either present nor invited. In fact King Leopold II of Belgium, who also was not invited. Turned up anyway stating that "I've come to get a piece of this magnificent African cake". He was rewarded by having his claim for the Begium Congo granted which he then proceeded to use as his own personal play ground. Over the next generation or so he literally halved the then 20 million population by killing over 10 million African men, women & children as a consequence of the worst colonial exploitation imaginable. At the Berlin conference, the French had laid a claim to the territory which became French Senegal but the British had insisted on maintaining access to the river Gambia in order to transport their plundered goods from the African interior to the Atlantic ocean then back to Brtain. Hence the Gambia was created in the middle of French Senegal to appease the British & allow them to have the access route they requred. This is also the reason for Gambia's unusual cigar shape being roughly 300 miles long but no wider the 15 miles either side of the river. The rest of Europeans powers then spent the next 30 years all claiming their own slice of 'the magnificant African cake' by persuasion, conquest or by whatever other means they could muster against the Africans. Secure in the knowledge that they would have no interference from any of the other European powers as it had all been agreed before hand at the Bertlin conference in 1884.

@felipemellosantos6308 9 месяцев назад

Random fact about languages. In portuguese, most country names must have articles in front of them. The article could be masculine, feminine, singular or plural. There are 5 grammar grups of countries therefore: A Argentina - feminine singular O Brasil - masculine singular As Filipinas - feminine plural Os Estados Unidos - masculine plural Portugal - no article

@sharduljadhav3189 9 месяцев назад

Can u make a video on Maratha empire from India. I like your videos 😊

@GhostCountries 9 месяцев назад

Thanks and yes; we actually were considering a video about the Maratha Empire back when we did Sikkim, but I can definitely say it'll happen at some point!

@sharduljadhav3189 9 месяцев назад

@@GhostCountries sikkim video was very nice, I am a indian but I didn't know very much about sikkim. Your video helps me to understand its history

@TaiwanN0-1 8 месяцев назад

As a Korean, it is great to be the best ally with Gambia ❤

@ebrimaceesay8345 7 месяцев назад

Your name is Taiwan no.1 and you are a Korean?😂 Actually i’m a Gambia and currently living in Taiwan. I love Taiwan

@saudadescheveres6840 8 месяцев назад

Why does the reference to Portugal show an image of a Spanish standard bearer

@nisselarson3227 2 месяца назад

I really don't mean to be offensive, but I'm genuinely curious. In my country, most of all Heroin trade is done by people from Gambia. I used to be a heroin addict so I'm not just making things up, but I admit it's anecdotal evidence, own experiences and not some serious study. Is it common for criminals to be exiled or something?

@helloim3j 9 месяцев назад

Hold up. Did you say Kunta Kinte Island? Is Toby The Gambian?

@benkamba8096 8 месяцев назад

I think he was Mandika.. large group of pipo from west Africa

@davidbrain283 4 месяца назад

This guy sounds like Nate from the office. Great video though. Good facts

@Gainde215 9 месяцев назад

Senegal and Gambia should be one country.

@yankiefrenz1367 8 месяцев назад

@Gainde215 8 месяцев назад

@@yankiefrenz1367 Yes. These countries and borders are French and British creation

@mddi1420 8 месяцев назад

A confederation was tried and it did not work. I bet 5000$ if the population were consulted for a vote , the No would win. And as a senegalese I will vote No. Whatever happened happened

@Nakla 9 месяцев назад

Is it really the smallest when a bit of the ocean also belongs to it?

@KiKfilms 9 месяцев назад

Well, that "The" only applies to English or other languages that use prefixes like that, so most people will not use it anyway.

@davetye 8 месяцев назад

But English is the official language of The Gambia.

@Amitdas-gk2it 9 месяцев назад

Interesting

@morelifemarcus4307 8 месяцев назад

It’s all to keep us divided. That’s all there is to it. Unite. Make it a town in the state of sinegal in the country of Africa

@shamsulbahri81 3 месяца назад

Great video. Same old modus of operandei of Europe and the west are applied today. Divide and conquer.

@Da__goat 9 месяцев назад

I always wondered why Senegal never just invaded to make transportation easier

@ringgame 9 месяцев назад

Lives have value and conflict has consequences in reality, unlike in movies and games

@abdulwahabjabang7095 8 месяцев назад

Ah who needs wisdom when we can just rely on such awe-inspiring brilliance?

@mddi1420 8 месяцев назад

I speak on behalf of senegalese, we are not as barbaric as american or british who think that every problem is solved by invading and killing people. A benelux format was already tried and it did not pan out very well. In the state Senegal is currently (injustice, murdered officers without any investigation , corruption) I woul suggest gambian to move away from us.

@6ix800 2 месяца назад

You can take the lead! Fool 🙄🙄🙄

@esowe01 8 месяцев назад

Yes, that's my country!

@MrSuperwim 8 месяцев назад

You're pronouncing Songhay wrong, it's [SONG] + [GY]

@davidtrail4731 Месяц назад

In 1816 the British founded what is now Banjul and built a battery of guns to stop the slave ships using the river . A few years later fort Bullen was built at Barra because the guns at Banjul didn't have the reach to control the full width of the river . These are the only structures in the world built to stop the slave trade .

@edwardhubbard5425 9 месяцев назад

Haven’t you missed something out there? At the beginning of the video, the French territory of Senegal is north of the Gambia. Later on, the Gambia is completely surrounded by Senegal.

@ddlc_monika 5 месяцев назад

dunno if anyone ever told you but all I see looking at your Avatar is three japanese Katakana "e" and I can't unsee it エエエ

@GhostCountries 4 месяца назад

えー！？ Honestly, now that you pointed it out, I can’t unsee it. 😅

@torisven 5 месяцев назад

The answer to most of these questions is almost always European Imperialism and/or Colonialism.

@effyourjeweler4277 5 месяцев назад

DIAMOND 💎 JEWELER........... support your boy

@AlexVictorianus 9 месяцев назад

The whole country on one river. Like Egypt

@Lucas_Antar 9 месяцев назад

So true 😁

@cicimalik 10 дней назад

And South Sudan

@bluemarineboy3091 8 месяцев назад

Other countries: look there's a river here, this is mine and thats your ok? Gambia: I AM THE RIVER

@ousman997 9 месяцев назад

Love from The Gambia 🇬🇲

@smiletvgambia1117 9 месяцев назад

My mama land bless country...

@YourEverydayGuy2 7 дней назад

1:08 i have closed captions on and I haven’t found anything unusual

@genghiskhan6809 9 месяцев назад

Now we just need Nambia to perfect the trio.

@muhammedlsarr8485 9 месяцев назад

Hmm

@kefa83. 6 месяцев назад

not always written with a capital, but The Netherlands is also a country where 'the' is in the name.

@yaadmantv7178 8 месяцев назад

Love ma country Gambia 🇬🇲 ❤️

@bre_me 11 дней назад

2:30 isn't that a Spanish banner, not Portuguese?

@deepalipundir4945 2 месяца назад

I would like to visit the Gambia soon

@AO00720 8 месяцев назад

Habibi do a video on somaliland

@mummysprincess9791 8 месяцев назад

My homeland proud to be from the smiling coast of Africa.

@andy99ish 18 дней назад

Fun fact: Gambling is prohibited in Gambia.

@icreatedanaccountforthis1852 2 месяца назад

I appreciated the Newfoundland connection

@Milk_enjoyer_ 8 месяцев назад

Could you pls make a video about Volga German history (or the Volksdeutsche)🙏🙏

@GhostCountries 8 месяцев назад

I can't say exactly when, but we're definitely going to be covering the story of the Volga Germans at some point!

@musatunkara4428 8 месяцев назад

The Gambia smiling coast of Africa 🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲my homeland my proud. Greetings from Angola 🇦🇴 22/8/2023

@dondudu9066 9 месяцев назад

Gambia is Totally independent, Since 1965 unlike our noisy neighbour's who are still under there French masters😢.

@Lucas_Antar 9 месяцев назад

That's because when the UK gives freedom it really does

@andymirov2641 9 месяцев назад

all Africa has be under european rule

@miahconnell23 9 месяцев назад

I hope The Gambia reconsiders its foreign policy decision regarding an important Asian nation. 😢

@SC-uv5le 9 месяцев назад

@@miahconnell23Taiwan?

@karinasnooodles_ 9 месяцев назад

Both are independent lmao

@HikaruKiroe 5 месяцев назад

aint no way im the only one who cannot unsee a face when the senegal's flag is put in the middle at the beginning of the video

@lioneldemun6033 9 месяцев назад

Fun fact : the Gambia has a similar size as Lebanon, Qatar, Kosovo, Jamaica

@lemonade_ib 9 месяцев назад

Also poorer than the rest

@omarbandeh2989 9 месяцев назад

@@lemonade_ib how ignorant!!!

@lioneldemun6033 9 месяцев назад

@@lemonade_ib maybe are they richer in the soul, isn't that the most important thing ?

@soundcloudhq7863 9 месяцев назад

@@lemonade_ibWhat relevance does that have to the topic at hand?

@theemirofjaffa2266 9 месяцев назад

@@lemonade_ib km from Gambia, n you're not lying though

@ceesaydesignsolutions 8 месяцев назад

An avid follow from the video showcasing West Africa as a whole, only to be separated by the Europeans 🙄 love from 🇬🇲!

@MuddafukhingdisKUST 3 месяца назад

Fun fact: The reason the name was changed to the "Islamic" Republic of the Gambia is because Gambia was ruled by an insane neocolonial dictator named Yahya Jammeh. HE was president for over 20 years but lost the 2016 election to Adama Barrow. But he refused to step down, stating " I will rule Gambia for one billion years if I have to." ECOWAS issued an injunction against Jammeh demanding him to peacefully hand over power to Barrow but he refused. In January 2017 they issued an ultimatum that ECOWAS will militarily intervene in Gambia if he didn't step down. After the ultimatum expired and Jammeh failed to meet the demands, an ECOWAS coalition lead by Nigeria invaded to depose Jammeh and transfer power to Barrow. From what I read it the time, it was said to be a relatively bloodless invasion, as I'm guessing Jammeh was pretty unpopular in the general population and the rank and file of the Gambian military. But there were said to be minor skirmishes between ECOWAS forces and Jammeh loyalists. Within the next 48 hours ECOWAS had captured the capital Banjul, Jammah fled exile, and Barrow was restored to power. That year was when the removed the "Islamic Republic" from their official name.

@ardaozcan9668 8 месяцев назад

Why don't you do a video about 'ghost' Turkic countries.

@user-cx6je2gc3k 7 месяцев назад

Oh by the way ,the name gambia means to unite in mandika language kambeh.the British people turn k to g that is the reason

@cornedbeef19ch Месяц назад

0:06 what is that pixelated pokemon?

@GhostCountries Месяц назад

Senegal kind of looks like Lotad on it's side.

@norikofu509 9 месяцев назад

W Channel

@illusionisofingsgoat 9 месяцев назад

Togo itself?

@-Katastrophe 5 месяцев назад

I like how the lower half of Senegal looks like a happy gator or dragon.

@WelcomeToDERPLAND 9 месяцев назад

I always thought it was strange, everytime I saw it on a map or in a game that features it. I mean, I had presumed that it was just another 'wacky wild border gore adventures with colonialism.