Gambia Economy, People, Culture and Flag

PEOPLE OF GAMBIA

Gambia is known for its multi ethnicity and edifying humanity. The place has enough space for ethnic groups who believe in preserving their cultural traditions. They are:

•  The Mandinka tribe (the largest)

•  Fula

•  Wolof

•  Jola

•  Serahule

About 3,500 non-Africans along with European and Lebanese origin reside in this region. Within the existing religion Muslim occupy the majority of the population along with the Christians residing in the region.

ARTS, CULTURE AND MUSIC OF GAMBIA

Art: Gambia are dedicated in their artistic skills which are promoted through their works on batik printing, wood carvings, paintings, drums, weaving, tie dye, basketry, pottery, jewelry, metal work and leather exhibits. The Senegalese people are known for their basketwork whereas major woodcarving can be seen at the village of Brikama.

Music: The music of this West African country can be associated with the neighboring region of Senegal. Griots became quite popular as a native singer who inherited the tradition from the prehistoric Mande Empire. He gained wide acceptance for playing a harp instrument named kora. It was during the year 1960 the hip bands formed by The Super Eagles and Guelewar initialized the tunes of American, British and Cuban music. Listen to the music of djembe, kora, belafon, bongo, sabar, or the special track with kora and accordion that can be tuned into.

Culture: The Gambian National Culture was established in this region to unite the various racial cultures within the society. Instance can be made of the Gambia National Troupe that is constituted with several ethnic groups who deliver musical composition made out of several cultural backgrounds.

FLAG OF GAMBIA

The Gambia flag was officially accepted during the month of February 18, 1965. The Gambia flag is designed with three horizontal bands equally distributed that are colored in red (top), blue having white edges and green. The color red denotes the abundance of savanna grasslands within the region. The color blue well symbolizes the River Gambia and the green explains the vibrant dense forests within the region.

ECONOMY OF GAMBIA

Gambia values the economic structure, which is largely dependant on the production of crops and livestock within the region. Peanuts, fish and hides that are well processed within the region are the major production of the small-scale industry surviving here. Experience the liberal market policy that has a major share of their revenue income from the export of products like peanuts or groundnuts.

The agricultural industry basically thrives on the peanut processing, bakery, brewery, and tannery. The Industries that are flourishing in this region are: Processing peanuts, fish, and hides, tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking; clothing.

Tourism is yet another aspect that have attracted several tourists within the region. The country earns tremendously through tourism especially during the dry season, of the Northern Hemisphere winter.

• Govt. exports commodities like: peanuts and peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels.

• The Imported goods are: foodstuffs, machinery, manufactures, fuel, and transport equipment.

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