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...
include: Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights Bomba Jawara, Sierra Leonean politician Dawda Jawara (born 1924)...
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...
1965, The Gambia gained independence under the leadership of Dawda Jawara. Jawara ruled until Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless 1994 coup, with...
Hannah Augusta Darling Jawara (née Mahoney; May 1924 – 21 January 1981), was a Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights. She was the first...
Fatim Jawara (13 March 1997 – 27 October 2016) was a Gambian footballer who played for the Gambia women's national team and top Gambian women's football...
Alhaji Bomba Jawara is a Sierra Leonean politician from the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), and he is currently[when?] a member of parliament representing...
Karamo Jawara (born 25 June 1991) is a Gambian-Norwegian professional basketball player for Club Ourense Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. Jawara played college...
fear was realized during the 1981 coup attempt to oust President Dawda Jawara of the Gambia. Though the coup attempt was not well organized and quickly...
(Korafola), composer and singer. Djeli Moussa Diawara (also known as Jali Musa Jawara) was born to a Griot family. His father was a balafon player, and his mother...
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...
start of the relationship. Tosh had ten children including Andrew (1967), Jawara (mother Melody Cunningham), Aldrina and youngest Niambe. On 11 September...
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center is a 14,000 square meters conference center in The Gambia, located in Kombo North/Saint Mary....
when the Gambia became a republic and has been held by three people: Dawda Jawara, who ruled from 1970 until 1994, Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a bloodless...
Chief Minister from 1961 to 1962, though following the 1962 election Dawda Jawara became Prime Minister, beginning the People's Progressive Party's dominance...
Katherine and apologises. He turns and sees his grandson Jawara sitting next to him. He walks Jawara out of the cemetery and takes him back to Evelyn. He...
president. Colonel Yahya Jammeh led a coup d'état which overthrew President Jawara and his government, all political parties and Parliament were dissolved...
Elizabeth II The Gambia portal President of the First Republic (1970–1994) Jawara Military regime (1994–1996) Jammeh President of the Second Republic (from...
which the effigy of Dawda Jawara was dropped and replaced with the national coat of arms on the obverses. However, older Jawara era coins still commonly...
Examples: Albert-Bernard Bongo changed to Omar Bongo Dawda Jawara changed to David Jawara in 1953 Jean-Bédel Bokassa changed to Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa...
Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. 1979 – Blair Peach, a British activist, died after...
held in 1962, with Jawara's Progressive Party securing a majority of the elected seats. Under the new constitutional arrangements, Jawara was appointed Prime...
Viceroy (1793–1796) British India Governor-General (1807–1813) Sir Dawda Jawara Gambia Colony and Protectorate Prime Minister (1962–1965) The Gambia Prime...
Gambia became independent on 18 February 1965 with Dawda Jawara as the first prime minister. Jawara had previously been prime minister of the self-governing...
politician Kukoi Samba Sanyang, the rebels took advantage of President Dawda Jawara being out of the country to execute a coup d'etat. Having broken into the...
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