WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS JASON FLORIO
The Gambia River has given the country it flows through far more than just a name.
In this small, riparian nation on Africa’s west coast, life revolves around the river’s gently
winding course as it makes its way out to sea: traders sail between historic riverside
towns; fishermen cast nets from narrow pirogues; and women harvest oysters in
brackish tributaries. Wildlife, too, thrives in these waters, from hippos wallowing in the
depths to western red colobus monkeys keeping watch from tentacled mangrovesGAMBIA
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