Janjanbureh has a compelling history dating back to the 19th century, originally established as a British colonial settlement in 1832, the town served as a base for suppressing the transatlantic slave trade.
This international event attracted thousands of people both in The Gambia and outside the Gambia. Also, it encouraged investors, to promote tourism and culture as well as to foster national unity and project a positive image of the people.
The Island of Janjanbureh was transformed from a peaceful Gambian settlement to a trading centre by the British, under Queen Victoria. It eventually hosted many French and British firms and was renamed McCarthy Island, with a part of it called Georgetown.
Jangjanbureh is a town, founded in 1823, on Janjanbureh Island, also known as MacCarthy Island, in the Gambia River in eastern Gambia. Therefore, Africans have been forced to demand repatriations from those who took part in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
