Jump to content

Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party
LeaderGibril L George
Founded1980
BannedOctober 1980[1]
Ideology

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]
  1. ^ "The Gambia". Index on Censorship. 19 (6): 48–51. 1990. doi:10.1080/03064229008534874.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.