Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara GCMG (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first...
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include: Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights Bomba Jawara, Sierra Leonean politician Dawda Jawara (born 1924)...
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presidency from 1962 to 1994. The president throughout this time period was Dawda Jawara. The People's Progressive Party lost power after the 1994 Gambian coup...
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years later, The Gambia gained independence under the leadership of Dawda Jawara. Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless 1994 coup. Adama Barrow was...
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for women's rights. She was the first wife (from 1955 to 1967) of Sir Dawda Jawara, Prime Minister of the Gambia. Hannah Augusta Darling Mahoney was born...
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a bloodless coup d'etat that overthrew the elected government of Sir Dawda Jawara. At first ruling by decree, he was elected president in the 1996 election...
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1970. The position was only held by two people, Pierre Sarr N'Jie and Dawda Jawara. Political parties United Party (PP) People's Progressive Party (PPP)...
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power in a bloodless coup d'état on the morning of 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara, who had been President of The Gambia since it became a Republic in 1970...
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Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center is a 14,000 square meters conference center in The Gambia, located in Kombo North/Saint Mary....
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Chilel, Lady Jawara (née N'Jie; born 1952) is a former First Lady of the Gambia and widow of the late President Sir Dawda Jawara. Chilel Jawara is the daughter...
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