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Mosque in Faji Kunda, Gambia Saint Mary's Anglican Cathedral in Banjul. The Gambia is a Muslim majority country, with Muslims constituting 96.4% of the population, some 3.5% are Christian, and 0.1% practice other religions (including African Traditional Religions). [2]
In Sierra Leone, the term 'Aku Marabout' or 'Aku Mohammedan' refers to the Oku people, while in the Gambia, the term 'Aku' refers to the Creole people, [9] who are Christians residing mainly in and around Banjul. [2] The Aku Marabout people of the Gambia are a non-Creole migrant community descended from the Oku people of Sierra Leone. [10] [11]
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St Mary's Cathedral, Banjul. The Diocese of Gambia and Guinea was founded in 1935 and had been renamed the Diocese of Gambia and The Rio Pongas by 1940. [1] Today it is simply styled the Diocese of Gambia, [2] is one of 17 dioceses in the Church of the Province of West Africa, and comprises The Gambia, Senegal, and the Cape Verde Islands.
BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambian lawmakers on Monday debated whether to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, which has been on the rise in recent years despite activist campaigns to end the practice.
The history of the indigenous African peoples spans thousands of years and includes a complex variety of cultures, languages, and political systems. Indigenous African cultures have existed since ancient times, with some of the earliest evidence of human life on the continent coming from stone tools and rock art dating back hundreds of thousands of years.
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, [8] [a] is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; [ b ] it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean .
Cultural organisations based in the Gambia (3 C) R. Gambian records (2 P) Religion in the Gambia (8 C, 6 P) S. Surnames of Gambian origin (1 C, 11 P) W.