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Gambia

Republic of the Gambia

CapitalBanjul
RegionWestern Africa
CurrencyGMD
Official languagesEnglish
Access to the seaYes
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Kunta Kinteh Island

Albreda

Juffureh

Gambia River

Banjul

Fort Bullen

Albreda
Gambia · City or town

Albreda

Albreda brings together buildings and remains linked to European trade on the Gambia River. It forms part of a historic group with Juffureh and Kunta Kinteh Island, best understood by relating its sites and the river journey.

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Banjul
Gambia · City or town

Banjul

Banjul is part of this heritage setting through its connection with the crossing to Barra and the six-gun battery located at the river mouth. It is a reference point for arranging access to the Gambia River sites, although the ferry does not replace the specific boat trip to Kunta Kinteh Island.

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Fort Bullen
Gambia · Place of interest

Fort Bullen

Fort Bullen, in Barra, offers a perspective from the mouth of the Gambia River. It was built after the British prohibition of the slave trade to control the river entrance and forms part of the same heritage complex as Kunta Kinteh Island and Banjul’s battery.

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Kunta Kinteh Island
Gambia · Region or area

Gambia River

The Gambia River links places whose history includes trade, violence, displacement and cultural contact. The boat journey to Kunta Kinteh Island helps explain its role, while river transport must be arranged separately from the Banjul–Barra ferry.

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Albreda
Gambia · City or town

Juffureh

Juffureh is a riverside community shaped by memories of enslavement, oral accounts and the international attention brought by Roots. Its museum and inhabited spaces form part of a wider visit linking Albreda and Kunta Kinteh Island.

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Ruins of the fort on Kunta Kinteh Island beside the Gambia River.
Gambia · Region or area

Kunta Kinteh Island

Kunta Kinteh Island preserves the ruins of a fort upstream from the Gambia River’s mouth. Its history is best understood together with Albreda and Juffureh, through a landscape shaped by trade, enslavement, displacement and cultural contact.

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Ruins of the fort on Kunta Kinteh Island beside the Gambia River. Culture

Kunta Kinteh Island, Albreda and Juffureh along the Gambia River

A visit to Kunta Kinteh Island, Albreda and Juffureh is best understood as a journey through connected histories, not a quick excursion to some ruins.

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