Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party

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Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party
Leader Gibril L George
Founded1980
BannedOctober 1980 [1]
Ideology

The Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party (GSRP) was a communist party in the Gambia, most notable for leading a failed insurrection against the government of Dawda Jawara in 1981.

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Origins and ban

The GSRP was formed in early 1980 by Gibril L. George and was subsequently banned by the government in October of the same year. [1] The party adopted the name of the Gambia Underground Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (GUSRWP). [2] At this time, Kukoi Sanyang, a Gambian socialist, returned to the Gambia and became active in the party.

1981 coup d'état

On 30 July 1981 the party, along with disaffected members of the Gambia Field Force launched an unsuccessful coup against the government. [2] The insurrection was quickly defeated following military intervention by Senegal; Gibril George was killed, Kukoi Sanyang fled to Guinea-Bissau and the party was effectively dissolved. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Gambia". Index on Censorship. 19 (6): 48–51. 1990. doi: 10.1080/03064229008534874 .
  2. 1 2 Hughes, Arnold; Perfect, David (2008). Historical dictionary of The Gambia (4th ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 82. ISBN   978-0810862609 . Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ↑ Touray, Omar A. (2000). The Gambia and the world : a history of the foreign policy of Africa's smallest state, 1965-1995. Hamburg: Institut für Afrika-Kunde. p. 106. ISBN   9783928049665 . Retrieved 28 June 2019.


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