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Kukoi Sanyang, the Glossary

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.^[1]

21 relations: Bissau, Charles Taylor (Liberian politician), Coup d'état, Dawda Jawara, Despotism, Dictatorship of the proletariat, Farafenni, Foni Jarrol, Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party, Left-wing politics, Libya, Mustapha Danso, National Patriotic Front of Liberia, Ouagadougou, Political corruption, Senegal, Stuart Corbridge, Tribalism, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Yahya Jammeh, 1981 Gambian coup attempt.
Conflicts in 1981
Gambian military personnel
Gambian revolutionaries

Bissau

Bissau is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau.

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Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)

Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor (born 28 January 1948) is a Liberian former politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 22nd president of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003 as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War and growing international pressure.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.

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Dawda Jawara

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. Kukoi Sanyang and Dawda Jawara are Conflicts in 1981.

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Despotism

In political science, despotism (despotismós) is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power.

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Dictatorship of the proletariat

In Marxist philosophy, the dictatorship of the proletariat is a condition in which the proletariat, or working class, holds control over state power.

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Farafenni

Farafenni or Farafegni is a town in the Gambia, lying on the Trans-Gambia Highway in the North Bank Division, just south of the border with Senegal.

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Foni Jarrol

Foni Jarrol is one of the nine districts of the Gambia's Western Division, which is located to the south of the Gambia River in the southwest of the country.

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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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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Mustapha Danso

Mustapha Danso (died 30 September 1981) was a constable in the military of the Gambia, who in 1980 killed Emmanuel ("Eku") Mahoney, the deputy commander of the paramilitary field force of the country. Kukoi Sanyang and Mustapha Danso are Gambian military personnel.

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National Patriotic Front of Liberia

The National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) was a Liberian rebel group that initiated and participated in the First Liberian Civil War from 24 December 1989 – 2 August 1997.

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Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou or Wagadugu is the capital of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation.

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Political corruption

Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain.

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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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Stuart Corbridge

Stuart Edward Corbridge, FRGS (born 1957) is a British geographer and academic specialising in geopolitics, development studies, and India.

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Tribalism

Tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

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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. Kukoi Sanyang and Yahya Jammeh are Gambian military personnel.

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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. Kukoi Sanyang and 1981 Gambian coup attempt are Conflicts in 1981.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukoi_Sanyang

Also known as Kukoi, Kukoi Samba Sanyang.