Jawara, Dawda Kairaba, Sir, 1924-2019

found: His Foreign policy guidelines, 1982:t.p. (Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, President of the Republic of the Gambia)

found: Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 27, 2005(Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara; b. May 16, 1924; president of the Gambia, Apr. 24, 1970-July 22, 1994)

found: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed February 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Jawara, Sir Dawda Kairaba; president, prime minister; born 1924 in Barajally, Gambia; attended Achimota College in the Gold Coast; studied veterinary surgery at the University of Glasgow; was appointed the colony's principal veterinary officer (1957); became one of the founders of the People's Progressive Party; became minister of education and chief minister (1962); was appointed prime minister (1965) and elected president (1970); won reelection to his fifth presidential term (1992); fled to Britain and lived in exile until 2002)

found: New York Times (online), Dawda Jawara, founding father of Gambia, dies at 95, September 4, 2019, viewed September 5, 2019(Dawda Jawara, veterinarian-turned-politician who led Gambia to independence from the British, died on August 27 at his home in Fajara, a suburb of Banjul, age 95; born in Barajally Tenda; upon return from Scotland where he studied veterinary medicine, he converted from Islam to Christianity and took the name David; later converted back to Islam; after 1994 coup he lived in exile in London)