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The Kingdom of Niumi, also known as the Kingdom of Barra, was a West African nation at the Gambia River. Niumi was located at the mouth of the river,...

Couronian colonization of Africa. Jufureh was a part of the Kingdom of Niumi and by the 18th century the town had become an important centre of the Atlantic...

Barra, traditionally known as Niumi, is a city in The Gambia, located in the district of Lower Niumi. The predominant languages of the city are Serer and...

of which was controlled by the Mandinka king known as Niumimansa, of the Niumi Bato. It was these Mandinka (or Mandikized) warriors that ambushed and killed...

Upper Niumi is one of the six districts of the North Bank Division of the Gambia which is located in West Africa The remaining five districts are: Lower...

in Africa on St. Andrew's Island in the Gambia River from the Kingdom of Niumi and went on to build Fort Jakob on the island. The Duchy also leased St...

Lower Niumi is one of the six districts of the North Bank Division of the Gambia. In the 2013 census, it had a population of 57,358. "Population and Housing...

Niumi National Park is a national park in The Gambia. The occupies the coastal strip in the northern region of the country, in the southern tip of the...

Mandinkas called it Albadar. In 1681, the local mansa or king of Niumi (the Upper Niumi District takes its name from this kingdom), gave the land to the...

The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-0-7656-1007-2...

Kaabu Kanem–Bornu Kong Mahdiyya caliphate Mali Massina Mossi kingdoms Niani Niumi Saloum Sennar Shilluk Sine Sokoto Songhai Takrur Toucouleur Tunjur Waalo...

previously independent villages or statelets, including the kingdom of Niumi. By 1566, the process of unification and centralization was completed under...

Essau is a small town in north-western Gambia. It is located in Lower Niumi District in the North Bank Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population...

Portuguese seems to have been belligerence of the Niumi-Bato (Niominka) and the Niumi-Banta (Mandinka of Niumi (Barra)), both led by the same king, Niumimansa...

Serer people, their name is drawn from Mandinka, meaning "coastal people" (Niumi = coast, and Nka = men), and were known to have been ruled by a mansa (Mandinka...

Park Abuko National Park Bijilo National Park Kiang West National Park Niumi National Park River Gambia National Park Bia National Park Bui National...

and a half. During this period, kingdoms along the river Gambia included Niumi (also known as Barra), Niani, Kantora, Jimara, Kiang, Badibu, Fuladu, Tumana...

603) Jokadu (22,132) Lower Baddibu (18,030) Lower Niumi (57,358) Sabach Sanjal (30,347) Upper Niumi (31,480) (previously the Lower River Division) Jarra...

The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia (third ed.). Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-7656-2483-3...

(2004). The World and a Very Small Place: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia (New York: M.E. Sharp) p. 151–152. Craig Emms and Linda Barnett...