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Independence Stadium (Bakau)
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Independence Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
in Bakau
, Gambia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for music concerts, political events, trade fairs and national celebrations. The stadium holds 20,000 people.
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Sir John Hawkins) and 20 friends from the Christian charity Lifeline Expedition
knelt in chains before 25,000 Africans to ask forgiveness for his ancestor's involvement in the slave trade.
Vice President
Isatou Njie Saidy
symbolically removed the chains in a spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Bakau
Bakau
Bakau is a town on the Atlantic Ocean coast of The Gambia, lying west of Banjul. It is known for its botanical gardens, its crocodile pool Bakau Kachikally and for the beaches at Cape Point. It is the first major suburb outside Banjul and the most developed town in The Gambia...
, Gambia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, although it is also used for music concerts, political events, trade fairs and national celebrations. The stadium holds 20,000 people.
10th anniversary of the July 22nd revolution
On July 22, 2004, heads of state and dignitaries from several African nations, and the Taiwanese prime minister attended a large parade to mark the tenth anniversary of the assumption to power of President JammehYahya Jammeh
Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is the President of The Gambia...
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Lifeline Expedition
In June 2006, Andrew Hawkins (a descendent of England's first slave traderSlavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
Sir John Hawkins) and 20 friends from the Christian charity Lifeline Expedition
Lifeline Expedition
The Lifeline Expedition is a reconciliation initiative which is a Christian response to the legacy of the Atlantic Slave Trade. It brings together teams of Africans, descendants of enslaved Africans and white people from the three former corners of the slave triangle and over a period of seven...
knelt in chains before 25,000 Africans to ask forgiveness for his ancestor's involvement in the slave trade.
Vice President
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
Isatou Njie Saidy
Isatou Njie Saidy
Isatou Njie-Saidy is a Gambian politician. She has been Vice President and Secretary of State for Women's Affairs of The Gambia since 20 March 1997 and is the first Gambian woman to hold the position of Vice President...
symbolically removed the chains in a spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness.