AD-GAM Gambia Guide — Become a history detective
Follow a timeline, compare evidence and ask whose story is being told.

Suggested reading and questions. Adapt to your group; not an official curriculum or assessment.

1. Before the modern border: kingdoms and oral history
Read: https://gambia.adgam.media/read/kingdoms-and-oral-history/
Question: What can oral history tell us, and what other evidence could you compare it with?
Sources: https://ncac.gm/oralarchieve/; https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/761rev.pdf; https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1226/

2. Atlantic trade, enslavement and colonial rule
Read: https://gambia.adgam.media/read/atlantic-trade-and-colonial-rule/
Question: Whose experiences appear in an account of Atlantic trade, and whose might be missing?
Sources: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/761/; https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/political-history-of-the-gambia-18161994/constitutional-change-in-the-gambia-18161994/90E1B0F127CA3D62479566082FC0EA3D

3. The road to independence and the republic
Read: https://gambia.adgam.media/read/independence-and-republic/
Question: How are independence and becoming a republic different events?
Sources: https://assembly.gm/about/history; https://iec.gm/history/; https://www.thecommonwealth-ilibrary.org/index.php/comsec/catalog/download/282/279/2212?inline=1; https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/images/edocman/edited-collections/gambia_in_transition/2022%20Gambia%20in%20trans%20chapter%207.pdf

4. Democracy, memory and the pursuit of justice
Read: https://gambia.adgam.media/read/democracy-memory-and-justice/
Question: How can a source help you distinguish a documented finding from a personal interpretation?
Sources: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3950227/files/CEDAW_C_GMB_6-EN.pdf; https://www.moj.gm/downloads; https://moj.gov.gm/executive-secretary/

Group or independent activity
Make a short timeline. Give each entry a source and distinguish an event date from a publication date. Discuss difficult histories with care; no one needs to share personal experiences.

Keep source dates and label uncertain details. Discuss with care; personal experiences are optional.
Online path: https://gambia.adgam.media/learn/path/history/