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Dawda Jawara, the Glossary

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of The Gambia from 1970 to 1994, when he was deposed.^[1]

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Abdou Diouf

Abdou Diouf (Serer: Abdu Juuf; born 7 September 1935).

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Accra

Accra (Ga or Gaga; Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Achimota

Achimota, is a town in the Accra Metropolitan District, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

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Achimota School

Achimota School (/ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. Dawda Jawara and Achimota School are Alumni of Achimota School.

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Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Adama Barrow

Adama Barrow (Aadama Baaro, born 15 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as President of the Gambia since 2017. Dawda Jawara and Adama Barrow are Gambian Muslims, Gambian expatriates in the United Kingdom and presidents of the Gambia.

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Africanews

Africanews (styled as africanews) is a 24/7 pan-African multilingual news network located in Lyon, France previously headquartered in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.

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Alieu Badara Njie

Alieu Badara Njie (17 October 1904 – 21 April 1982) was a Gambian statesman who served as the 3rd Vice-President of the Gambia from 1977 to 1981. Dawda Jawara and Alieu Badara Njie are Gambian politicians.

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Aristocracy (class)

The aristocracy is historically associated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class.

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Assan Musa Camara

Assan Musa Camara (otherwise known as Andrew David Camara; 21 April 1923 – 15 September 2013) was a politician from Gambia.

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Augusta Jawara

Hannah Augusta Darling Jawara (née Mahoney; May 1924 – 21 January 1981), was a Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights. Dawda Jawara and Augusta Jawara are Gambian expatriates in the United Kingdom.

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Bakau

Bakau is a town on the Atlantic coast of Gambia, west of Gambia's capital city of Banjul.

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Banjul

Banjul ((US) and), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital of The Gambia.

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Barajally

Barajally is a small town in central Gambia.

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Blaise Compaoré

Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders (2003), page 76–77. Dawda Jawara and Blaise Compaoré are leaders ousted by a coup.

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British Guiana

British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies.

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Cabinet of the Gambia

The Cabinet of The Gambia is responsible for advising the President of The Gambia and for carrying out other functions as prescribed by law.

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Canadian Journal of African Studies

The Canadian Journal of African Studies is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering African studies that was established in 1967.

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Caste

A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system.

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Central River Division

Central River is the largest of the five administrative divisions of the Gambia.

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Cheddi Jagan

Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964.

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Chilel Jawara

Chilel, Lady Jawara (N'Jie; born 1952) is a former First Lady of the Gambia and widow of the late President Sir Dawda Jawara. Dawda Jawara and Chilel Jawara are People's Progressive Party (Gambia) politicians.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Dakar

Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal.

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ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Fajara

Fajara is a coastal suburb of Bakau in the Gambia.

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Farimang Singhateh

Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh, GCMG (10 November 1912 – 19 May 1977) was the second and last Governor-General of the Gambia, representing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Dawda Jawara and Farimang Singhateh are Gambian knights and knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.

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Gambia Colony and Protectorate

The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was the British colonial administration of The Gambia from 1821 to 1965, part of the British Empire in the New Imperialism era.

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The Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party (GSRP) was a communist party in the West African state of The Gambia, most noted for leading a failed insurrection in 1981 against the government of Dawda Jawara.

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Gambian Creole people

The Gambian Creole people, or Krio or Aku, are a minority ethnic group of Gambia with connections to and roots from the Sierra Leone Creole people.

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Gambian dalasi

The dalasi is the currency of the Gambia that was adopted in 1971.

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Gbara

The Gbara (now spelled and pronounced as Bara or Gara in those Manding languages lacking) or Great Assembly was the deliberative body of the Mali Empire, which ruled much of West Africa during the Middle Ages.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Gold Coast (British colony)

The Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence in 1957 as Ghana.

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Guyana

Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.

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Harvard Institute for International Development

The Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) was a think-tank dedicated to helping nations join the global economy, operating between 1974 and 2000.

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House of Representatives of the Gambia

The House of Representatives of the Gambia was the legislature of the Gambia from 1960 to 1994, succeeding the Legislative Council and being succeeded by the National Assembly.

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I. M. Garba-Jahumpa

Ibrahima Muhammadu/Momodou Garba-Jahumpa (22 November 1912 - 4 September 1994) was a Gambian trade union leader and politician who served as the Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Health and Minister for Finance.

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Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian statesman and military dictator who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against his military and political arch-rival Muhammadu Buhari, until his resignation in 1993 as a result of the post-June 12, 1993 election which he illegally nullified.

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International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.

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John Paul (colonial administrator)

Sir John Warburton Paul, (29 March 1916 – 31 March 2004) was a British colonial administrator and civil servant, who most notably served as the final Governor of the Gambia (1962–1965) and Governor of the Bahamas (1972–1973) prior to both of those countries achieving independence from the United Kingdom. Dawda Jawara and John Paul (colonial administrator) are knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Kukoi Sanyang

Kukoi Samba Sanyang (1952 – 18 June 2013) was a Gambian politician and leader of the unsuccessful 1981 coup d'état against the government of Dawda Jawara. Dawda Jawara and Kukoi Sanyang are Conflicts in 1981.

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Kwame Nkrumah

Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. Dawda Jawara and Kwame Nkrumah are Alumni of Achimota School and leaders ousted by a coup.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor

Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–1980).

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List of heads of state of the Gambia

This is a list of the heads of state of The Gambia, from the independence of The Gambia in 1965 to the present day. Dawda Jawara and list of heads of state of the Gambia are presidents of the Gambia.

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Mali Empire

The Mali Empire (Manding: MandéKi-Zerbo, Joseph: UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century, p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden Duguba; Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from 1226 to 1670.

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Manumission

Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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People's Progressive Party (The Gambia)

The People's Progressive Party is a political party in the Gambia. Dawda Jawara and People's Progressive Party (The Gambia) are People's Progressive Party (Gambia) politicians.

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Pierre Sarr N'Jie

Pierre Sarr N'Jie (17 July 1909 – 11 December 1993) was a Gambian lawyer and politician who served as the Chief Minister of the Gambia from 1961 to 1962. Dawda Jawara and Pierre Sarr N'Jie are prime ministers of the Gambia.

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Politics

Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

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President of Senegal

The president of Senegal (Président du Sénégal) is the head of state and head of government of Senegal.

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President of the Gambia

The president of the Republic of The Gambia is the head of state and head of government of the Gambia. Dawda Jawara and president of the Gambia are presidents of the Gambia.

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Prime minister

A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Prime Minister of the Gambia

The Prime Minister of The Gambia, known as the Chief Minister from 1961–1962, was the head of government in the Gambia Colony and Protectorate, and later The Gambia, from 1961 to 1970. Dawda Jawara and Prime Minister of the Gambia are prime ministers of the Gambia.

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Queen of the Gambia

Elizabeth II was Queen of The Gambia from 1965 to 1970, when the Gambia was an independent sovereign state and a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Quran

The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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Senegambia Confederation

Senegambia, officially the Senegambia Confederation or Confederation of Senegambia, was a loose confederation in the late 20th century between the West African countries of Senegal and its neighbour The Gambia, which is almost completely surrounded by Senegal.

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Sheriff Mustapha Dibba

Sheriff Mustapha Dibba (10 January 1937 – 2 June 2008) was a veteran Gambian politician who was the 1st Vice-President of the Gambia (1970–1972) and also served as the country's National Assembly speaker from 2002 to 2006.

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Structural adjustment

Structural adjustment programs (SAPs) consist of loans (structural adjustment loans; SALs) provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to countries that experience economic crises.

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The Gambia

The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa.

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The London Gazette

The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record or government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.

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U Thant

Thant (22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant, was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.

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University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine

The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow is one of nine veterinary schools in the United Kingdom, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Veterinary Medicine.

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University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a public research university in Liverpool, England.

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is a data collection program on organized violence, based at Uppsala University in Sweden.

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Veterinary surgery

Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on non-human animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/urogenital/respiratory tracts), and neurosurgery.

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Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

The wedding of Prince Charles (later King Charles III) and Lady Diana Spencer took place on Wednesday, 29 July 1981, at St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom.

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Wolof people

The Wolof people are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania.

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Yahya Jammeh

Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017, as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council from 1994 to 1996. Dawda Jawara and Yahya Jammeh are Gambian Muslims and presidents of the Gambia.

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1960 Gambian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Gambia in 1960, following the implementation of a new constitution, which created a House of Representatives.

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1981 Gambian coup attempt

The 1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt began on 30 July 1981 and was quashed in early August following a Senegalese military intervention. Dawda Jawara and 1981 Gambian coup attempt are Conflicts in 1981.

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1992 Gambian general election

General elections were held in the Gambia on 29 April 1992.

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1994 Gambian coup d'état

In the 1994 Gambian coup d'état, a group of soldiers led by 29-year-old Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless coup d'état on the morning of 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara, who had been President of The Gambia since it became a Republic in 1970.

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