In this episode of General Knowledge I talk about the odd borders of the smallest country in continental Africa: The Gambia ... exists only across the Gambia River and is surrounded on all ...

When you glance at a map of West Africa, one border stands out as unusually narrow and oddly shaped — The Gambia. It’s often ...

It is the smallest country on mainland Africa, with a narrow, elongated shape that follows the Gambia River, which flows through the center of the country into the Atlantic. The strip of land ...

The city is actually located on St Mary’s Island (also Banjul Island), at the point where the Gambia River enters the Atlantic Ocean. Banjul offers an impressive blend of cultural attractions ...

Stretching along the north bank of the Gambia River, the biosphere reserve lies adjacent to Senegal’s Delta de Saloum Biosphere Reserve in the north. Within its boundaries, mangroves dominate the ...

Leave his childhood village along the Gambia River in West Africa so he could attend middle school? Yes. Depart Gambia at age 19 to enter college in the U.S.? Yes. Quit his day job in the ...