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Breaking: UNESCO Inscribes Historic Georgetown On Janjanbureh

In February Janjanbureh supported the National Center for Arts and Culture to send a nomination file to UNESCO for our Janjanbureh to be inscribed into the UNESCO ‘s Network of Places of History and Memory Linked to Enslavement.

We are HAPPY to announce that the application IS SUCCESSFUL.

Now our historic Island Town joins 28 of such places in the whole world. This means that the Island will enjoy twinning with other similar sites like New Orleans in USA and it provide more UNESCO Support for conservation and related Community Development. And the famous Kankurang Festival can also get a publicity boost with this accolade.

UNESCO Director General will write to The Gambian Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture formally to convey the news. And there are high possibilities that she may travel or send her envoy to The Gambia to hand over the plaque to the community of Janjanbureh.

On behalf of Janjanbureh we send our heartfelt gratitude to the Director General of NCAC for his support, Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival, the National Assembly Member and the Chief of Janjanbureh for the guidance.

This is a huge VICTORY for Janjanbureh 🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲