Statecraft & Independence
Landmark
Foday Kabba Dumbuya
1830 – 1901
Held out against the British until they needed the French to finish him
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Why they are here
One of the last leaders resisting European rule in the Gambia. The British spent eight years trying to defeat him, and in the end had to make a joint arrangement with the French to attack him at Medina.
Foday Kabba Dumbuya was among the principal leaders of armed resistance to European rule in the Gambia region.
Between 1894 and 1902 the British administration set out to defeat the forces of Foday Sillah, Musa Molloh and Foday Kabba. Sillah was beaten and deported to Gorée, where he died; with Musa Molloh they settled for a non-aggression treaty. Foday Kabba they could not finish alone, and it took a joint defence arrangement with the French to attack him at Medina, where he died in 1901.
Between 1894 and 1902 the British administration set out to defeat the forces of Foday Sillah, Musa Molloh and Foday Kabba. Sillah was beaten and deported to Gorée, where he died; with Musa Molloh they settled for a non-aggression treaty. Foday Kabba they could not finish alone, and it took a joint defence arrangement with the French to attack him at Medina, where he died in 1901.
- Mankajang — Profile: Foday Kaba Dumbuya
- The Standard — The Gambia: the road to independence and emergence of trade unions and political parties
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