Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party
Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party | |
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| Leader | Gibril L George |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Banned | October 1980[1] |
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The Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party (GSRP) was a communist party in the West African state of The Gambia, most noted for leading a failed insurrection in 1981 against the government of Dawda Jawara.
Origins and ban[edit]
The GSRP was formed in early 1980 by Gibril L George and subsequently banned by the government in October of the same year. The name Gambia Underground Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (GUSRWP) was adopted.[2] At this time Kukoi Sanyang, a Gambian socialist, returned from abroad and became active in the party.
1981 coup d'état[edit]
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 the military intervention of Senegal; Gibril George was killed, Kukoi Sanyang fled to Guinea-Bissau and the party effectively dissolved.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Gambia". Index on Censorship. 19 (6): 48–51. 1990. doi:10.1080/03064229008534874.
- ^ a b Hughes, Arnold; Perfect, David (2008). Historical dictionary of The Gambia (4th ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0810862609. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ 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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