Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TENDABA, GAMBIA — If Kunta Kinte could see the Gambia River, he wouldn’t believe it. Picture a white yacht flying a blue and white Greek flag. Sitting on the ...

Heading east inland from the palm-backed coast, the Gambia River meanders through a largely agrarian society. Farmers here grow peanuts for both export and local consumption. Amid the mangrove swamps, ...

Jason Florio’s travels around the Republic of the Gambia read like tales of adventure from centuries past. Florio, along with his wife, Helen Jones-Florio, had already traveled extensively in the West ...

"Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffere, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a man-child was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte." - Roots, Alex Haley TENDABA, ...

The House of Slaves museum and memorial site on Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. The building was the largest slave-trade center during the transatlantic slave trade and now serves as a ...

The writer gets extremely close to one of the crocodiles at Kachikally Crocodile Pool and Museum alongside Moses Bajo, a park spokesperson and croc caretaker. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Nicole Edenedo ...

The incongruous sight is due to a one-of-a-kind cruise, Rivers of West Africa. It began Dec. 31 through a Greek small-ship line, Variety (varietycruises.com, 1-800-319-7776). The cruise originates in ...

Nestled along the Atlantic coast of West Africa, The Gambia, though small in size, radiates an immense warmth and charm that beckons travelers from across the globe. Known as "The Smiling Coast of ...

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The Gambia is one of Africa's smallest countries and, unlike many of its west African neighbours, has enjoyed long spells of stability since independence. President Yahya Jammeh ruled the country with ...