Literature on the History of West Africa |
Senegal | Sierra Leone |
The Gambia, since Independence The Gambia, 1939-1965 The Gambia, 1919-1939 The Gambia, 1888-1918 European Presence on the Gambia, 1821-1888 European Presence on the Gambia, before 1821 Timelines : The Gambia Historical Atlas, The Gambia, British West Africa Page see also History of British West Africa Students' Paper : Chang, HyeJin, Environmental History of West Africa (2012) Students' Paper : Kim, Ji Yang, Demographic History of West Africa (2009) Students' Papers : Kim, Jiwan, The European View of West Africa and Colonialism as expressed in Historic Encyclopedias (2009) |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SITES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Index Mundi,
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook, countries - Gambia Country Profile : The Gambia, from ISS |
Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL Sierra Leone Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford |
on History |
Historical Dictionaries |
Organizations |
National Centre for Arts and Culture West Africa Study Circle (Philatelist) |
Timelines |
from timelines.ws;
from BBC News |
Accounts of History |
History of Gambia, from The Republic of Gambia Official Website;
from Gambia News,
from Nijii,
from Infoplease,
from niica,
from Gambia Tourism Office Article History of the Gambia, from Wikipedia |
Politics |
Article Politics of the Gambia, from Wikipedia;
Political Resources on the Net : Gambia;
Governments on the WWW : Gambia;
Country Report : Gambia, from Polity IV;
For the Record : Gambia, from UN Human Rights System |
Military |
Wars of Gambia 1800-1999, from ACED Gambia, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth M. White, Death Tolls for the Multicides of the Twentieth Century, Gambia, Coup and Countercoup 1981 |
Economy & Finances |
Global Currency History : The Gambia;
Tables of Modern Monetary History : Africa, from www.dollarization.org, click for Gambia;
Article Economy of the Gambia, from Wikipedia |
Ethnography |
Languages of Gambia (10), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Gambia |
Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Gambia, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in the Gambia, from Wikipedia Gambia, from Roman Catholic Hierarchy |
History of Regions |
Local History |
History of Banjul, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
Gambia, from Airline History |
Biographies |
African Women Bibliographic Database |
Others |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SITES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from Regnal Chronologies;
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) |
Lists of Ambassadors |
Chinese Ambassadors to Gambia, from PRC MOFA |
Statistical Data | Responsible Institution |
Gambia Bureau of Statistics |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Gambia, from Population
Statistics at Univ. Utrecht |
Election Results |
from Psephos (since 2001);
from IFES Election Guide (since 1999);
from African Elections Database Elections and Electoral Systems around the world : Gambia, from Area Studies, at Keele |
Documents | Historical Newspapers | Official Gazettes |
Hemerotheques |
Selected Articles |
History of Gambia, from World History Archives |
Modern Newspapers |
links from Online Newspapers,
from World Newspapers Gambia Archive, from Africa Online News, articles since 2003 The Gambia Index, from Africa Online News |
Staatskalender |
Digitized Books from
Gambia 1890-1938,
Digitized Books from the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign British Online Archives, Gambia Blue Books 1828-1945 |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Accidental Collections |
Universal Collections Items on Gambia |
License Plates : Gambia, from Francoplaque,
from License Plates of the World Passport, from World Passports; scroll down Airline Timetable Images : Gambia |
Archival Deposits |
National Archives, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Archive Records |
Constitutions, Laws |
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Gambia, from
ILO,
8 docs. since 1995 Gambian Law, from Internet Law Library |
Treaties |
Document Surveys | British Library, Gambia Official Publications |
Document Collections |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
Department of State for Local Government and Land
National Mapping Agencies in Africa |
collections : West Africa | Historical Map Archive : Historical Maps of West Africa |
collections : Gambia |
see here Atlas of The Gambia, from Wikimedia Commons Gambia Maps, PCL, UTexas Category : Old Maps of Gambia, Maps of the History of Gambia, from Wikimedia Commons David Rumsey Map Collection : Gambia |
West Africa, Modern |
West Africa, Contemporary |
d'Anville, Carte de la Cote de Guinee, 1729, Gallica H. Moll 1729 : West Africa, Urhobo Historical Society Imago Mundi, Carte de l'Afrique occidentale française, Vidal de la Blache c.1910 West Africa 1914, from Heritage History Humtec, AOF c. 1930s AOF 1936 Missions protestantes en A.O.F., 1950, Carte d'implantation des differentes societes de missions protestante, 1952, DEFAP Carte des fuseaux horaires de l'Afrique occidentale française 1912, Gallica Carte zootechnique de l'Afrique occidentale française 1906, Gallica Repartition approximative des peuplements naturels de caoutchouc (AOF) 1906, Gallica AOF 1936, Wikipedia Guinea (i.e. most of French West Africa) 1936, Probert Encyclopedia Carte de Soudan Occidental 1893, 1894, Gallica |
Gambia, Modern |
Gambia, contemporary |
Gambia 1922,
1932, Probert Encyclopedia |
Detail, Modern |
Detail, Contemporary |
U.S. Army Map Service, West Africa 1:250,000, 1955-, PCL, UTexas Carte de l'Afrique a l'echelle de 1:2 000 000. 23. Free Town 1884, 23. Free Town 1892, Gallica Africa 1:2.000.000, U.S. Army Map Service, sheet 11 Dakar (1969), 16 Monrovia (1978), PCL, UTexas |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
from
Meyers Konversationslexikon 1889; from EB 1911 |
Religious |
Economic |
Gambia p.341 in J. MacFarlane,
Economic geography, c. 1910, GB |
Geographical |
Historical |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
Tour Guides |
La Senegambie, pp.321-391 in C.P. de Kerhallet, Manuel de la navigation ?la c?e occidentale d'Afrique vol.1, 1857, in French, GB |
Travelogues |
Institutions | Archives |
Musea |
Museums of The Gambia, from International Council of African Museums |
Monuments |
Libraries |
National Libraries of Africa : Gambia |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry;
National Anthem, from National Anthems Net |
Coins, Banknotes |
Gambia banknotes, from World Currency Museum, from
Ron Wise's World Paper Money |
Stamps |
Rare Gambia Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;
Stamps Gambia 1869-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920
by Evert Klaseboer |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
on Gambia | survey of bibliographies |
Bibliography of Gambian Related Publications : Bibliography |
bibliographic database |
AfricaBib : Africana Periodical Literature,
African Women,
Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa African Borderlands Research Network : Bibliography |
general bibliographies |
pp.142-172 in H.A. Gailey, Historical Dictionary of the Gambia, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1975 [G] African Cultures : Selected Bibliography on Gambia-Related Publications |
annual bibliographies |
specialist bibliographies |
serial publications |
general bibliographies Gambia entries |
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangeres traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica Roots Institute, Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History (English Language) Gambia-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna |
booksellers |
Online Libraries | general |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
Gallica International Boundary Studies |
on Gambia |
Aluka, African Online Digital Library (AODL),
African Digital Library (ADL) |
Online Journals | full text online |
Table of Contents Online |
General Accounts |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.29, pp.839-841 Article Western Africa : Gambia. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.29 |
Specific Topics |
Historical Dictionaries |
Harry A. Gailey, Historical Dictionary of the Gambia, Metuchen NJ. : Scarecrow 1975 [G] |