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Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership POHGEP provides technical and financial assistance to educational and economic development institutions in the Gambia.

Gambian, Senegalese, and Haitian Colors Used in the Next Exhibit“The Trans-Atlantic Human Trade and the Gambia’s Overflo...
09/21/2026

Gambian, Senegalese, and Haitian Colors Used in the Next Exhibit

“The Trans-Atlantic Human Trade and the Gambia’s Overflowing Significance” bursts with the national colors of The Gambia, Senegal, and Haiti. Here, Haiti receives the recognition it so powerfully earned—defeating Spain, Britain, France, and the chains of slavery.

Channeling the stirring words of Frederick Douglass (1893): “The freedom that has come to the Colored race the world over is largely due to the brave stand taken by the sons of Haiti,” we spotlight Haiti’s global impact in ending the trade.

Juffureh Slavery Museum
Juffureh, North Bank, The Gambia

Funded by readers and followers like you of Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership and Port Of Harlem magazine.

www.pohgep.net/donate

09/11/2026

The Gambian victim killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was Muhammadou Jawara, age 30.

Language Equality “For the first time, the museum’s exhibit has been decolonized!” exclaimed Hassoum Ceesay, Director Ge...
09/08/2026

Language Equality

“For the first time, the museum’s exhibit has been decolonized!” exclaimed Hassoum Ceesay, Director General, National Centre for Arts and Culture in The Gambia, as he gazed at the multilingual titles of our previous permanent donation, "From These Shores."

The newest one, "“The Trans-Atlantic Human Trade and The Gambia’s Overwhelming Significance," goes even further with the naming of the exhibit (language) and the scripts we use.
This one is in Pular (Fula) and ADLaM, with Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership board member Lisa Jenkins.
“As commendable as this new exhibit is, it should be the norm. Every work of art about Africa, its people and its history should resemble their primary identity - their languages. Language, culture and history cannot be separated,” reflected South African children’s and young adult author Lorato Trok, who writes in Setswana and English. She also serves as Executive Director of The Nal'ibali Trust, which promotes children’s literacy and encourages the use of home languages in South Africa.

Thanks to Abdoulaye J Barry of Guinea-Conakry, co-creator of ADLaM, for his patience and translations. He teaches a course in Pular culture, language, and alphabet online:

Language
Online
Portland Community College
Conversational Pular, ADLaM Alphabet and the Fulani Culture

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Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership board member Lisa Jenkins proudly shows off 1 of 3 banners that will grace ...
09/07/2026

Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership board member Lisa Jenkins proudly shows off 1 of 3 banners that will grace our newest exhibit donation to the Juffureh Slavery Museum (A UNESCO World Heritage Site).

The newest exhibit is set to make history yet again. It will retire the old 11-panel display on slavery and unveil 17 groundbreaking panels.

The exhibit’s title will boldly appear in Mandinka, Pular, and Wolof, using the visually stunning scripts of N’ko, ADLaM, and Wolofal, featuring English as the subtitle. (This one is in Mandinka/N'ko).

Each panel is a linguistic celebration—featuring an English title and one of nine local languages, three more than used in "From These Shores," our previous donation: Aku (Krio), Balanta, Jula, Mandinka, Manjaku, Pular, Serer, Soninke, and Wolof—turning the museum into a living mosaic of cultures.

Thanks ߊߤߑߡߊ߬ߘ ߡ. ߛߌ߬ߛߋ߫ (Âhmâd M. Cęęsây) for your patience and translations. Abaraka.

Be a part of history: www.pohgep.net/donate

Be the Change: Support Our Annual Gambian Fundraiser and Transform Lives Today!Since 2002, the generosity of Port of Har...
08/29/2026

Be the Change: Support Our Annual Gambian Fundraiser and Transform Lives Today!

Since 2002, the generosity of Port of Harlem readers and social media followers has changed lives across The Gambia. This year, we urgently ask you to take action again. Every dollar you give is a powerful act of hope that directly impacts children, families, and communities. Your support is vital–together, we can accomplish so much more. This year we have four fundraising goals:

https://portofharlem.net/snippets26/sep022026-gambia%20fundraising.html

FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO FOREVER LINK YOUR NAME WITH A HISTORY-MAKING, DECOLONIZATION PROJECT This is your final opportunity...
07/29/2026

FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO FOREVER LINK YOUR NAME WITH A HISTORY-MAKING, DECOLONIZATION PROJECT

This is your final opportunity to forever link your name with a history-making, decolonization project that will inspire generations. Stand with us—make your donation today and become an enduring part of this extraordinary legacy.

We named the three donation levels after the commodities that Gambians traded with Europeans, aside from humans.

Gold ($1,000)
- Omar Ceesay and Jennaba Badgi (Peace Corp Moniker) - Maryland, USA
- Maggie Louise Hearon Young (posthumously) – Indiana, USA

Ivory ($500)
- Anonymous – Maryland, USA

Beeswax ($250)
- Williams-Brown - Washington, DC
- Ivan Brown - Washington, DC
- Bernadette Champion - Maryland, USA
- Dr. Keith W. Crawford – Washington, DC, USA
- Virginia A. Farquharson – New Jersey, USA
- My Gambia - Kerr Serign, The Gambia
- Ronald Lewiswis - Washington, D.C.
- Michael Ricks – Idaho, USA
- Kathleen Trent – Texas, USA

Final Opportunity to Forever Link Your Name With A History-Making, Decolonization Project
https://portofharlem.net/snippets26/jul082026-trans%20atlantic.html

FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO FOREVER LINK YOUR NAME WITH A HISTORY-MAKING, DECOLONIZATION PROJECT This is your final opportunity...
07/29/2026

FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO FOREVER LINK YOUR NAME WITH A HISTORY-MAKING, DECOLONIZATION PROJECT

This is your final opportunity to forever link your name with a history-making, decolonization project that will inspire generations. Stand with us—make your donation today and become an enduring part of this extraordinary legacy.

We named the three donation levels after the commodities that Gambians traded with Europeans, aside from humans.

Gold ($1,000)
- Omar Ceesay and Jennaba Badgi (Peace Corp Moniker) - Maryland, USA
- Maggie Louise Hearon Young (posthumously) – Indiana, USA

Ivory ($500)
- Anonymous – Maryland, USA

Beeswax ($250)
- Williams-Brown - Washington, DC
- Ivan Brown - Washington, DC
- Bernadette Champion - Maryland, USA
- Dr. Keith W. Crawford – Washington, DC, USA
- Virginia A. Farquharson – New Jersey, USA
- My Gambia - Kerr Serign, The Gambia
- Ronald Lewiswis - Washington, D.C.
- Michael Ricks – Idaho, USA
- Kathleen Trent – Texas, USA

Donate: https://portofharlem.net/snippets26/jul082026-trans%20atlantic.html

As we celebrate America250:Wayne Young of the Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership (POHGEP) and Ric Murphy of th...
05/30/2026

As we celebrate America250:

Wayne Young of the Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership (POHGEP) and Ric Murphy of the Society of the First African Families of English America (SOFAFEA) proudly ask everyone to actively affirm a shared commitment and join us in ensuring that the full American story is told.

Additionally, POHGEP hopes our African, particularly Senegambian, cousins join us in embracing the inheritance left by the men and women presented in the “West Africans in Early America” exhibit and by all the Africans who made the United States of America what it is today.

“West Africans in Early America” was made financially possible by donors like you.

Abaraka (Mandinka) Jaramma (Pular) Jërejëf (Wolof) Thank you (English)

West Africans in Early America
https://pohgep.net/culture/westafricans

Trans-Atlantic Human Trading and The Gambia’s Overflowing SignificanceThe European Scramble for Africa - The 1889 Agreem...
01/13/2026

Trans-Atlantic Human Trading and The Gambia’s Overflowing Significance

The European Scramble for Africa - The 1889 Agreement

Watercolor, color pencil, and ink on mixed media paper by
Hampton Olfus Jr Washington, DC USA

Coming to the Juffureh Slavery Museum | The Gambia

Funded by readers, like you: pohgep.net/donate
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Exhibition Major Donors, Consultants, and Creators

Gold ($1,000)
- Omar Ceesay and Jennaba Badgi (Peace Corp Moniker) Maryland, USA
- Maggie Louise Hearon Young (posthumously) – Indiana, USA

Ivory ($500)
- Anonymous – Maryland, USA

Beeswax ($250)
- Isabelle Williams-Brown, Washington, DC USA
- Ivan Brown, Washington, DC USA
- Bernadette Champion - Maryland, USA
- Dr. Keith W. Crawford – Washington, DC USA
- Virginia A. Farquharson – New Jersey, USA
- My Gambia, Kerr Serign, The Gambia
- Ronald Lewis, Washington, D.C. USA
- Michael Ricks – Idaho, USA
- Kathleen Trent – Texas, USA

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3215 W Street, SE
Washington D.C., DC
20020

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