Music of the Gambia Music of the Gambia The music of the Gambia is closely linked musically with that of its neighbor, Senegal, which surrounds its inland frontiers completely. Among its prominent musicians is Foday Musa Suso. "Mbalax" is a widely known popular dance music of the Gambia and neighbouring Senegal. It fuses popular Western music and dance, with "sabar", the traditional drumming and dance music of the Wolof and Serer people. "For The Gambia Our Homeland", the national anthem of the Gambia, was composed by Jeremy Frederic Howe, based on the traditional Mandinka song ""Foday Kaba Dumbuya"", with words by Virginia Julia Howe,
Geography of the Gambia Natural resources: fish, clay, silica sand, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon Land use: <br>"arable land:" 43.48% <br>"permanent crops:" 0.49% <br>"other:" 56.03% (2011) <br>"total:" 0.09 km/yr (41%/21%/39%) <br>"per capita:" 65.77 m/yr (2005) Current issues: deforestation, desertification, prevalence of water-borne diseases, drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years) Environment - party to international agreements on: This is a list of the extreme points of the Gambia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Geography of the Gambia The Gambia is a very small and narrow country with the border based