Independence Day in The Gambia
Posted on February 18th, 2009 by Matt Smith
The Gambia Flag
The Gambia today celebrates 44 years of independence. On this day in 1965, the country became the last of Britain’s West African colonies to gain independence after 300 years of colonial rule and the Gambian flag of which the people of The Gambia are rightly so proud, replaced the Union Jack. The day is a national holiday and is marked by celebrations.
The flag will today also be seen flying on Newham Town Hall in Barking.
Read more about the first independence day in 1965
I’m very proud the be Gambian because the Gambia is a peaceful country. The 44 years of independence am very happy.
Hi Ena,
Thanks for stopping by and for leaving a comment. I think we all wish we could be in your beautiful country right now!
Cheers
Matt
hi thanks for this website, i got quite a bit of info for my dissertation, which is about tourism seasonality in the gambia and one of my strategies was the development of special interest tourism like bird watching and wilf life to be marketed even more to attract more tourist..
Useful information i must say
That’s great to hear Ramou – thanks for leaving a comment.
I recently took a visit to the gambia in february, and was there for independence day. so you know where i could find any footage of the 2009 procession thing? thanks