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Wonderful guide from the Mandinka tribe. He explained everything in great detail with patience. The atrocities that occurred here are beyond words. Highly recommend a visit to understand the history of Gambia and specifically the Mandinkas and Jolas tribes that inhabit this area. You can almost feel the pain. The island almost seems forgotten about even though there is so much rich and important history that occurred on this land. It’s one thing to learn about the slave trade in history books but it’s another feeling completely to walk on the ground where it occurred. You arrive by car. Then take a small boat over to the island. Then your guide will walk you around the island and explain what happened. Short boat ride to return and then you can visit the museum. The museum was very good considering it is not very well funded and in a very remote location.
lauren paolino
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Czy wielu z Was wie,że obecnie Wyspa Kunta KInteh była sfortyfikowana przez Jakuba Kettlera z Księstwa Kurlandii, które było lennikiem Rzeczypospolitej w ówczesnych czasach XVIIw? No właśnie po burzliwych latach walk o wyspę między Holendrami, Anglikami i Francuzami stała się miejscem "przerzutowym" niewolników z Afryki do Nowego Świata i starej Europy. Ostatecznie wyspę opuszczono w 1829r. Portugalczycy,którzy pierwsi dotarli na wyspę nazwali ją Wyspa Świętego Andrzeja (Isla de Andrea), za Jakuba Kettlera nazywała się Fort Jakob, dla Anglików był to James II, a dla Francuzów Fort Jacques. Dopiero w 2011r. uzyskała obecna nazwę Wyspa Kunta Kinteh - bohatera powieści "Korzenie". Niestety zabudowania są mocno zniszczone mimo wciągnięcia na listę UNESCO. Wyspa leży na rz. Gambii i co roku wody pochłaniają coraz bardziej to ciekawe miejsce na szlaku podróży po Gambii. Dotrzeć można jedynie łodzią - najlepiej samemu wynająć z przewodnikiem w porcie Bandżul. Wyprawa na cały dzień! Polecam.
Voyo Nick
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It was an amazing place, it is visible from the shore on good days. However, it has been eaten up by erosion and the size has been shrinking. The place will need extra attention to make sure it doesn’t deteriorate. The guides are amazing, they capture the history really well.
Lamin O. Beyai
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A lot of tragic history in this place. The first landing of Europeans in the Gambia, near 600 years ago. And for hundreds of years to follow it was the seat of government with the British, the Latvians(!), the French. Very recommended to visit!
Bjørn
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A very sad but tranquil place...I'm honoured to have graced my presence on that island...its a once in a lifetime trip...go and experience all emotions in one go...its phenomenally blissful..I'll forever be grateful for the experience ❤ 🙏🏾
Emily D
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A historic place that every person should visit to get a sense of man’s inhumanity to man. Slavery in all its forms is evil. This site must be preserved at any cost to remind us of the suffering ancestors went through.
James Badjie
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Kunta Kinteh island / St. James Fort

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Kunta Kinteh Island, formerly called James Island and St Andrew's Island, is an island in the Gambia River, 30 km from the river mouth and near Juffureh in the Republic of the Gambia. Fort James is located on the island. It is less than 3.2 km from Albreda on the river's northern bank.
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