Our gang of volunteers

Along the top, left to right: me Daniel, Chris. Liam, Zakia, Suki, Mary, Gareth Bottom row: Rob, Soumita, Catherine, Laamin.

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The joys of learning a new language

September 17th 2011
This week has been all about the language lessons. I’m learning Mandinka and it’s really hard! The structure of the language seems simple enough but all the words sound the same. They only have one way of pronouncing each letter which means there’s not many sounds to choose from. I have a feeling this is going to lead to some embarrassing mistakes. Here’s a possible one. We were flicking t ... read more

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The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965; it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia with Senegal between 1982 and 1989. In 1991 the two nations signed a friendship and cooperation treaty. A military coup in 1994 overthrew the pre... ... read more

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