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Kunta Kinteh Island

Kunta Kinteh Island preserves the ruins of a fort beside the Gambia River. Its history is best understood in relation to the riverside settlements and the networks of trade, control and displacement that connected them.

Ruins of the fort on Kunta Kinteh Island beside the Gambia River.
Photo by Niels Elgaard Larsen Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
The place

What makes it special

  • Ruins of a fort that monitored river traffic.
  • Part of a historic landscape shared with Albreda and Juffureh.
  • The structures are exposed to erosion and require ongoing conservation.
Kunta Kinteh Island
Photo by Kenneth Aitchison Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Kunta Kinteh Island
Photo by JamesIsland.jpg: Niels Elgaard Larsen derivative work: Jjtkk Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Kunta Kinteh Island

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Historic riverside setting in Albreda and Juffureh, The Gambia.

Kunta Kinteh Island, Albreda and Juffureh beside the Gambia River

A visit to Kunta Kinteh Island becomes more meaningful when experienced as a whole: island, riverside villages and forts that tell the story of trade, slavery, abolition and the diaspora.

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Ruins of the fort on Kunta Kinteh Island beside the Gambia River.

Kunta Kinteh Island, Albreda and Juffureh along the Gambia River

A visit to Kunta Kinteh Island, Albreda and Juffureh is best understood as a journey through connected histories, not a quick excursion to some ruins.

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Profile updated: 29/09/2026