Yahya Jammeh Quotes
What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting.
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I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
