A Critical Look At The Senegambia Confederation

📄 Project Abstract

Senegambia is the combined name of Senegal and The Gambia. The name Senegambia as a political unit was created by an agreement between the colonial British and French authorities in the 18th century. Geographically Senegal Surrounds the Gambia in the North, South, East and in the West is the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia divides Senegal almost into two halves. Historically, both Countries share the same Culture and tradition share the same type of people namely Mandingos, Wolof, Serer, Fula, Serahule etc. Before the arrival of the Europeans and the demarcation of Senegambia borders, so many small kingdoms emerged that cut across both countries and beyond. The Wolof and the serer kingdoms primary settled in Western Senegal, north of the River Gambia. The Jolas and the Bainounkas inhabited Kombo and in around AD 1000, people from the east, the Serahule. Mandingos and Fula's settled along the River Gambia and the Tukulor settled in the central and the Eastern Senegal.(http:// en.wikipedia.or...