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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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"What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans."
— Yahya Jammeh

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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans. — Yahya Jammeh

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Yahya Jammeh was a Politician from The Gambia (1965–present).

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This quote is attributed to Yahya Jammeh, a Politician from The Gambia.
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Yahya Jammeh lived from 1965 – present.