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Senegambian stone circles
concentration of megalithic stone circles in Senegal and the Gambia
Janjanbureh
Janjanbureh or Jangjangbureh is a town, founded in 1823, on Janjanbureh Island, also known as MacCarthy Island, in the Gambia River in eastern Gambia. Until 1995, it was known as Georgetown and was the second largest town in the country. It is the capital of Janjanbureh Local Government Area (formerly the Central River Division), and the Janjanbureh district. The population of the Janjanbureh LGA was 127,333 at the 2013 population census.
MacCarthy Island
island in Gambia
Lamin Sanneh
African American historian (1942-2019)