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Sulayman Sanyang
Gambia, Brikama

Wulumbango
80 x 60 cm
acrylic on canvas - akryyli kankaalle
2009

"These painting is depicted from tropical part of Lower River Region in the Rural areas of kiang west in The Gambia Those people survived typically on local harvesting of crops during the rain seasons,they grows on local piece of farmlands which are much more fertile sub soil(loamy) and harvest mainly crops like; the Groundnut,Rice and Mellets. The place is usually far miles away from Homes where they used animals like the bulls and travelled to the farm areas by Ox-carts as their simply machines to carry the loads. It's mainly the Mandingoes inhabitant."

Fulakunda
60 x 80 cm
acrylic on canvas - akryyli kankaalle
2009

"These is derived from a small hamlets in the local inhabitants of the Fulani villages in the provinces of the North Bank Division of Bandibu and Nuimi kingdom in the gambia. The majorities are Fulas inhabitants,they live in a very small homes bit away from a village insearch of greener pastures and to rare cattle. As a result of their occupation they are always on the move in search of free grazing land or their cattle and thereby maintaining their nomadic ways of living. With the raring of cattle makes them settle in a small houses like the huts outskirt in the village sorrounded with the baobab trees which is essential for them to get rope,and they used calabash as their equipment;for particular purposes like to put the food and the fresh milk from cow.These calabash grows in the sorrounding and it mostly climb over the local fences. During the rain season other domestic animals like the donkey will be use to take care of his master's cattle. As a matter of these settlement other ethinic group like the mandingo,wollof and jola's will called their residences ''fulakunda'' meaning only the fula's residing"

Rock valley
32 x 40 cm
acrylic on paper - akryyli paperille
2010

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