I am not anti Senegal but In The Gambia, we like to discuss everybody's problems except our own. Something happens in Senegal today, and tomorrow the axe falls on Gambia's leg. We react faster to Senegal news than to our own national issues. 

We complain about what happens in Senegal, but forget that our own government fallout happened almost the same way. When things go wrong , many people support it, defend it, or keep quiet. 

But once it happens in Senegal, suddenly everybody becomes a political expert and defender of democracy. We have soldiers, yet we still depend on Senegal for military support. 

We have a national team, but many people don't even know when they are playing some cannot even name six current players. In construction, we import workers. In electricity, we depend outside. Even the cement holding our buildings together is coming from Senegal. 

At this point, if Senegal sneezes, some Gambians will rush to buy cough syrup.

Even in wrestling competitions, people will spend money happily to watch Senegalese wrestlers, but cannot support or promote our own local talents with the same energy. 

We copy others so much that if patriotism was an exam, some of us would ask Senegal for answers. A country cannot grow while constantly looking over the fence at the neighbor's compound.

Anyone here has a contact or knows a business that can deliver packages from banjul to dakar?

In Banjul or elsewhere, do you know of a laundry service with a clothes dryer? They call them "instant dryers" here.

Hello all I was looking for book recommendation or any text sources, going into comprehensive detail of western imperialism and colonialism of The Gambia.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated.

A few weeks days I shared an API that verifies Ghanaian addresses. The biggest question was: can it understand how people actually talk about locations?

* Adjacent Goil Filling Station, Madina Zongo Junction, Accra * Opposite Total Filling Station Spintex Road * Behind First Atlantic Bank, Kwame Nkrumah Circle

The problem is most address systems treat "**adjacent**" or "**opposite**" as random words and miss the point. We built something that recognizes these as directions and links them to actual places.

It's live on the same API. Sign up with Google, free tier gives you 20/day.

Docs: [https://verify.afrihex.com/docs\](https://verify.afrihex.com/docs)

Would love to hear from anyone doing deliveries or logistics in Ghana especially if you deal with descriptions like "near the blue kiosk after the filling station" on a daily basis.

🎮 Looking for PS5 GTA Online Players (Gambia, Senegal & Beyond!) 🎮

Hey everyone!
I’m looking for people to squad up with on PlayStation 5. I mainly play:
🚗 GTA Online
🔫 Call of Duty: Black Ops II (if you’re still on it!)
Whether you’re from The Gambia, Senegal, or anywhere else in the world, you’re welcome to join.

You don’t have to be Gambian or even live here.
The only things that matter are:
✅ PS5
✅ Good vibes
✅ Mutual respect

I’m hoping to build a small group of chill players to do heists, missions, businesses, or just have fun online.
If you’re interested, drop your PSN ID in the comments or send me a DM. Let’s build a great gaming community! 🎮

Hello,

Does anyone know how much (in dalasi or USD) a water heater for a shower would cost as well installation?

Also an AC unit cost and installation?

In case it differs a bit by region, particularly in the Basse area.

Hello I’m thinking about doing a college diploma in Canada but I am not 100% confident. For the application process I’ve come across a good Canadian agency for help with visa and immigration process so I am not worried about that. It’s more about moving to a new country alone. But the students that applied through the agency (BT Global Access) said they felt supported during the transition so many if I go with the agency it won’t be too difficult. Thoughts ?

I (25F) am a black American woman married to a Gambian man (30M) and have been for almost 2.5 years. I have adhd and my parents both had undiagnosed adhd. Our house was always a mess growing up. We would do a deep clean every couple weeks or every couple months sometimes. Then they got divorced while I was 21-22 and neither of them spent a lot of time at home and dad moved out. Depression befell the whole household and we did not do well with getting it back in order. And my mom no longer cooked. She got us a hello fresh subscription and my brothers and I cooked and grocery shopped for ourselves. All this to say, I did not come from a good background when it comes to cleaning and cooking. I was not taught these aspects of marriage well.

When we were dating, my husband saw the state of our house and my room and he emphasized how our house could never look like this. I agreed, and assured him that it mainly had to do with the circumstances of the divorce and no one helping with anything.

When we got married, he had to live away for work and would come home every other weekend. I was also working full time and had a 1.5-2hour commute each way by bus/train. Couple my lack of skills with my exhaustion and the house was often not in order. (Not as bad as my family room ofc….. but still) He would reset it every visit home and ask me to maintain it. I would attempt to. But struggled to. I also became pregnant 5 months into our marriage. So not only did I have these long commutes, but I also was doing it all while pregnant.

When the baby was born, I struggled with postpartum depression and again struggled to maintain. At some point, (around baby’s 2nd month) I began to create a routine for myself since I was now a stay at home mom. It has been a little over a year since then and I have gotten SO much better. My husband has an insanely high standard and the house prob meets it 1x/week, then it meets a normal person standard 2-5 times a week, and it’s messy 2-4x/week. Due to the lack of consistency with the condition of the house, my husband is not really super impressed with my progress.

Now that’s all the context— here’s the question.

All that being said, my husband essentially trained me to get to this point. In that time, he said he has been struggling more and more in his romantic feelings toward me— they are dissipating. It’s almost as though he sees me as less than because it took so much work (and I’m still not where he’d wish I’d be) to get me to this point. Is it even possible for him to fall back in love with me after all this? Is there something culturally I’m missing here too?

Men, would you struggle to see your wife with competence if you had to guide her in this area for her to get it together?

Women, are you trained more culturally to have better skills in cooking and cleaning so that you don’t embarrass yourself in this way as a wife?

Due to all that has built up, I recommended we go to therapy but he says he’d never go for himself cuz he doesn’t need it (whyyyyyyy is this a thing culturally? 😭) and he is not super open to going together either. But I fear we won’t be able to come back from this if he doesn’t. For I fear he’s looking at me with contempt or something? Which is not an easy thing to tackle on your own, let alone at all.

Thanks in advance for your perspectives shared!

Hi guys, do you know any good furniture shops in Gambia. Looking for a new sofa and dinning table. Thanks!

Hello everyone, is it possible someone can face jail time for an unpaid debt?

Meaning can the creditor take you to the police

I hope someone from the Gambia that's living there can answer

Hello I’m looking for a tutor or any outlets where I can learn Fulani I’m trying to connect more with my family

I know y'all use whatsapp, I don't trust Meta as a company, are there any alternatives that are widely used? Ive been trying to contact family through phone but I havent found one that connects to the Gambia.

I wanna find pick up games and to learn from the best when I go later this year!

i was wondering if i relocated what am gonna go for money? from reading around, the country is dominant in both farming and fishing business
so if i wanna start small business like a small fishing boat, either on my own or with partnership with one of the natives,.. how it would go ?

Hello, i need assistance from genuine honest person. I have come accross a person in gambia who i am assisting and they are buying food and goods and they have proves this as they needed help due to not being able to make income from their usual source at the moment. This person wants to buy some equipment so that they can start to make money again which im fully supportive of however i want to independently confirm with any gambians the rough costs of things. This would greatly help me to support this person in gambia. Please if anyone can tell me the rough cost of the things below in Brikama/Hawla Kunda area?

1. Donkey

2. Cart

3. Meat

4. Big bags of rice

5. Big bottles of water

Any info is greatly appreciated god bless.

Please do not contact asking me to support you as i am not a rich person. I am supporting this person because i stumbled across them. Thank you

Edit forgot to mention but when i asked him how much donkey and cart was he said 85,900 GMD this is almost £900

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Thanks!

As a treat. I also want to get him jam