Kanilai

Kanilai

Kanilai

Place in Western Division, The Gambia

Kanilai is a village in southern Gambia, near the border with Senegal. The former president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, was born in this village and expanded it after coming to power. Previously, the town had been a quiet backwater, home to small-scale maize and groundnut farmers and little else. [1] It is now home to a presidential palace, a wrestling arena, a luxury hotel and a game park and zoo. The zoo, which Jammeh said would allow Gambians to "experience African wildlife", was unsuccessful at first, with animals dying due to hunting, predation and insufficient food.[2]

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On 19 January 2017, Senegalese troops took control of the village from pro-Jammeh Gambian Army and Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) troops at the beginning of the Invasion of the Gambia.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Rosen, Jon (2017-08-07). "Exit the Strongman". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  2. [2]
    Wright, Donald (2010). The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia (third ed.). Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-7656-2483-3.
  3. [3]
    "Vidéo: Kanilai est tombé avec la base arrière de Yahya Jammeh. Les troupes sont en route pour Banjul". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-20.

13°11′N 16°01′W

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