Why does The Gambia exist? (Short Animated Documentary)

The Gambia is a tiny country in West Africa that is entirely surrounded by Senegal which is has much in common with. Despite the fact The Gambia is a nation which came about as a result of colonial partitions, why didn't it join Senegal and why does it exist as in independent country? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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  • @ElysiumCreator
    @ElysiumCreator9 ай бұрын

    If it’s Napoleons fault, I’m going to lose it

  • @SigmaLarper27

    @SigmaLarper27

    9 ай бұрын

    Beat me to it

  • @crumblingmasonry8961

    @crumblingmasonry8961

    9 ай бұрын

    It kind of was. Because of him France lost most of their colonial holdings, which made the Bourbons really keen on acquiring land in Africa to make themselves feel better.

  • @Longshanks1690

    @Longshanks1690

    9 ай бұрын

    You’d think so but fun fact: No.

  • @lokensicarius9347

    @lokensicarius9347

    9 ай бұрын

    Kinda, does Napoleon III getting baited by prussia count?

  • @lewatoaofair2522

    @lewatoaofair2522

    9 ай бұрын

    But it was the fault of one Napoleon, not many Napoleons.

  • @ChessedGamon
    @ChessedGamon9 ай бұрын

    If the Gambia didn't exist a story with a modern country built almost entirely around a river of the same name would be mocked as unrealistic.

  • @yochaiwyss3843

    @yochaiwyss3843

    9 ай бұрын

    Like Egypt, if we ignore the Nile's name for a second

  • @ssl3546

    @ssl3546

    9 ай бұрын

    @@yochaiwyss3843 Ancient Egypt was but modern Egypt is a proper British rectangle

  • @wenterinfaer1656

    @wenterinfaer1656

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@ssl3546what's British rectangle?

  • @orsaz924

    @orsaz924

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@wenterinfaer1656 it refers to the way the British drew the borders of their former colonies

  • @user-ds8rj2vc4v

    @user-ds8rj2vc4v

    9 ай бұрын

    @@wenterinfaer1656 I'm assuming it's a joke about how when the colonial powers (France, UK etc) withdraw from other countries throughout the 20th century, they often divided up territory with nice neat straight lines on a map. Which is why half the the world looks the way it does. The problem is that much of the time it was fairly arbitrary. Nothing to do with geography or cultures etc. So has create lots of issues since.

  • @breaderikthegreat3224
    @breaderikthegreat32249 ай бұрын

    Short answer:Senegal was french, Gambia was british

  • @TheBandit025Nova

    @TheBandit025Nova

    9 ай бұрын

    U.S and Canada: We are both French and British

  • @BrancovdBoomen

    @BrancovdBoomen

    9 ай бұрын

    He was a French, she was a brit. Can i make it anymore obvious?~~

  • @nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415

    @nestoreleuteriopaivabendo5415

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@BrancovdBoomen Eu referi a intendência.

  • @DerToasti

    @DerToasti

    9 ай бұрын

    uff that never works out. always leads to a linguistic berlin wall around any french part.

  • @erickonami1

    @erickonami1

    9 ай бұрын

    That doesn't answer anything

  • @snowfloofcathug
    @snowfloofcathug9 ай бұрын

    “It follows the river of Gambia and not much else” The name would be too unwieldy if it followed other rivers too

  • @juanjuri6127

    @juanjuri6127

    9 ай бұрын

    "The Gambia and The Gambia accesories", or "The Gambia and friends" for short

  • @ebnertra0004

    @ebnertra0004

    9 ай бұрын

    "The Gambia and Company"

  • @EebstertheGreat

    @EebstertheGreat

    9 ай бұрын

    The Gambiand

  • @makarabaduk1754

    @makarabaduk1754

    9 ай бұрын

    The Gambian Basin and the Kitchen Sink?

  • @Safwan.Hossain

    @Safwan.Hossain

    Ай бұрын

    Gambia: Into the Gambi-verse

  • @bodilsoldeberg5412
    @bodilsoldeberg54129 ай бұрын

    As a Gambian, I ask myself this very same question every single day.

  • @barakato

    @barakato

    9 ай бұрын

    Can you see the river from your backyard?

  • @danidejaneiro8378

    @danidejaneiro8378

    9 ай бұрын

    In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of unification with Senegal?

  • @alsyrriad

    @alsyrriad

    9 ай бұрын

    Lmfao

  • @saulchapnick1566

    @saulchapnick1566

    9 ай бұрын

    @@barakatohe can see Russia from his backyard

  • @guywiththebottle

    @guywiththebottle

    9 ай бұрын

    Do you want the countries to be unified?

  • @jmantime
    @jmantime9 ай бұрын

    Fun Fact: The Gambia has a larger military than some NATO countries like Montenegro, Iceland and Luxembourg with over 4,000 Gambian troops, sailors and air men.

  • @nfthaver3487

    @nfthaver3487

    9 ай бұрын

    Not very impressive given said European countries but still respectable

  • @caseclosed9342

    @caseclosed9342

    9 ай бұрын

    If I recall some of their generals have had leadership roles in the UN peacekeeping forces as well

  • @FluteboxFan

    @FluteboxFan

    9 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Luxembourg is a little sh*t stain on the a*s of Belgium

  • @Labyrinth6000

    @Labyrinth6000

    9 ай бұрын

    Some nations like Iceland have no military, so basically the US and European nations fight in their behalf.

  • @eou0

    @eou0

    9 ай бұрын

    montenergin military is just bed section in IKEA

  • @smilingearth5181
    @smilingearth51819 ай бұрын

    I love how History Matters has basically revealed every important global event or situation today can, within a few degrees of separation, be tied to Napoleon Bonaparte.

  • @-haclong2366

    @-haclong2366

    9 ай бұрын

    This time it was actually Napoleon III.

  • @pyrex-fission

    @pyrex-fission

    9 ай бұрын

    @@-haclong2366 If only there was some way to tie him to the other Napoleon 😐

  • @cagdas135

    @cagdas135

    9 ай бұрын

    @@pyrex-fission They are both French.

  • @4realm8rusirius

    @4realm8rusirius

    9 ай бұрын

    It's either the fault of the British or the French or both

  • @Alex-it7ms

    @Alex-it7ms

    9 ай бұрын

    Corsica

  • @InRealTime769
    @InRealTime7699 ай бұрын

    The most unbelievable part of this video was that anyone would think that 19th century Britain would give support to France

  • @johncunningham6928

    @johncunningham6928

    9 ай бұрын

    Unless Russia was involved... 😜

  • @rashakor

    @rashakor

    9 ай бұрын

    From 1815 to 1914, the UK would have rather give up their queen and empire than support or even show support to the cursed froggies 🐸.

  • @oenrn

    @oenrn

    9 ай бұрын

    They would if it would piss off the Germans.

  • @fakhrianuar

    @fakhrianuar

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@rashakor they had done it once doesn't mean they won't do it again

  • @tomm9963
    @tomm99639 ай бұрын

    My late grandad always told me the borders were decided by sailing a boat up the river, firing cannons and marking where they landed. Great story but very unlikely to be true!

  • @jeremykraenzlein5975

    @jeremykraenzlein5975

    9 ай бұрын

    It makes much more sense than the true history of many borders.

  • @Chris-ut6eq

    @Chris-ut6eq

    9 ай бұрын

    Alot of history is settled this way so while not true, it feels realistic.

  • @schmoemi3386

    @schmoemi3386

    9 ай бұрын

    I doubt that firing a cannon makes it land somewhere... 🤔😅

  • @bigblue6917

    @bigblue6917

    9 ай бұрын

    Sailing up rivers and firing guns did become quiet popular for awhile there.

  • @Stamboul

    @Stamboul

    9 ай бұрын

    Quite possibly true, just not as described. You already know what range your cannons have, so there's no need to fire them. Unless you're into potentially killing people and destroying property and definitely wasting ammo.

  • @joshuacarre06
    @joshuacarre069 ай бұрын

    There is no greater reason to do something than to annoy France

  • @brandonlyon730

    @brandonlyon730

    9 ай бұрын

    To be fair France also takes any opportunity to annoy Britain as well. That was mostly what their involvement in American Revolutionary War was all about.

  • @FlameRiflex

    @FlameRiflex

    9 ай бұрын

    @@brandonlyon730the great irony of that is America came back to tower over both France and Britain and replace their role as the leading powers lol

  • @-Benedict

    @-Benedict

    9 ай бұрын

    @@FlameRiflex What's America? Never heard of it.

  • @MrAlsachti

    @MrAlsachti

    9 ай бұрын

    We love being annoyed because it means someone cares about us. 🥲❤

  • @HHSGDFootballJPD

    @HHSGDFootballJPD

    9 ай бұрын

    So can that be my excuse to have a flat muffin vs an omelet tomorrow too?

  • @carmi7042
    @carmi70429 ай бұрын

    0:50 Nice mention of the Courlandian attempt to colonize The Gambia. Your attention to dettails is great as always

  • @Yora21

    @Yora21

    9 ай бұрын

    As in Latvia, Courland?

  • @Laotzu.Goldbug

    @Laotzu.Goldbug

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@Yora21yes

  • @streamlinedengine

    @streamlinedengine

    9 ай бұрын

    Bro did a whole video about the Latvia (Courlandian) Colonial Empire. He’s a chad he is.

  • @slyasleep

    @slyasleep

    9 ай бұрын

    @@streamlinedengine😁

  • @damien1993

    @damien1993

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@streamlinedengineit was the vassal of the Polish Commonwealth!

  • @Fyreflier
    @Fyreflier9 ай бұрын

    "It seemed like the only reason for keeping The Gambia would be to annoy France" well that sounds like a perfectly good reason for keeping it to me!

  • @aldotorres1983
    @aldotorres19839 ай бұрын

    Gambia exists to make Senegalese commutes more interesting

  • @franciscoacevedo3036

    @franciscoacevedo3036

    9 ай бұрын

    I doubt it's a modern problem they're both part of ECOWAS, Which is a regional more functional version of the AfrUnion (like East AfrUnion) and they have free travel

  • @victorradu9645

    @victorradu9645

    9 ай бұрын

    @@franciscoacevedo3036 there are still border check points there with long lineups

  • @aaronmarks9366

    @aaronmarks9366

    9 ай бұрын

    GPS: "Current route: 2 hours to destination. Alternative: 15 hours slower to avoid other countries en route"

  • @ethank5059

    @ethank5059

    9 ай бұрын

    @@franciscoacevedo3036 The Gambia exists to give the ECOWAS military intervention someone to practice on

  • @privatename5788
    @privatename57889 ай бұрын

    I love how it's name is The Gambia instead of just Gambia, because it isn't so much a country as an independent river.

  • @johnladuke6475

    @johnladuke6475

    9 ай бұрын

    They don't want to get mistaken for just being _a gambia._

  • @ChaffyExpert

    @ChaffyExpert

    9 ай бұрын

    The Gambia sounds like the final boss. Putting The in front of your countries name makes it more badass. Petition to change Chad's name to The Chad

  • @jbrown8601

    @jbrown8601

    9 ай бұрын

    @@ChaffyExpert 💯🤣

  • @RedBaron44

    @RedBaron44

    5 ай бұрын

    I've read somewhere that THE was officially added because their mail kept getting sent to Zambia

  • @tomquirk9411
    @tomquirk94119 ай бұрын

    Great video! In terms of the theme of “why does X exist”, a video on San Marino, a teeny tiny European microstate located entirely within Italy and which somehow was never absorbed into Italy during its unification would be quite interesting.

  • @lucacoccioli9244

    @lucacoccioli9244

    9 ай бұрын

    Check out his 10 minute video about the unification of Italy ;+)

  • @WaterPercy

    @WaterPercy

    9 ай бұрын

    He covered that in the 10 minute history video on Italy's unification

  • @patrickrowan6001

    @patrickrowan6001

    9 ай бұрын

    Yeah I think he has a 10 minute video on Italy? why is nobody talking about this

  • @seeyouchump
    @seeyouchump9 ай бұрын

    France: *being beaten badly by Germany, the capital is being encircled and starved to death + a revolution breaks out* England: So France, about Gambia I suggest...

  • @gtaquizmaster

    @gtaquizmaster

    8 ай бұрын

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @antoniooliveira139
    @antoniooliveira1399 ай бұрын

    Hello there, Portuguese historian here! I know you did it for brevity and hilarity's sake, but Portugal was not conquered by Spain nor did it stop existing; it was simply ruled by the same monarch as the rest of Spain, whilst mainting its autonomy.

  • @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd

    @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd

    9 ай бұрын

    ¡Exactamente! ¡Gracias por decir LA VERDAD! .... no como OTROS que nos han mantenido divididos por 1000 años. Unión NO significa totalitarismo.

  • @anthonybarcellos2206

    @anthonybarcellos2206

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for clarifying the fact that the joining of the crowns was not a "conquest." It took only three Spanish Philips as king before the Portuguese decided to unjoin the crowns and go their own way.

  • @XcUtiOn96

    @XcUtiOn96

    9 ай бұрын

    To be even more precise, Spain didn't even exist when the Iberian Union took place: the "Spanish Empire" was more like the Habsburg Empire, since Castile, Aragon, Flanders, Milan, etc shared the same king, but they didn't form an unified state.

  • @-haclong2366

    @-haclong2366

    9 ай бұрын

    Literally the same as the rest of Spain, "Spain" was a concept not a country, Aragon was also separate from Léon & Castile during this period and Navarre was also kind of separate. They simply shared the same monarch, Spain didn't actually become a country until the Bourbon reforms.

  • @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd

    @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd

    9 ай бұрын

    @@XcUtiOn96 Mentira. España existió en el momento de la unificación de las dos coronas y no era el "imperio habsburgo" porque estaba dirigido DESDE España por Habsburgo ESPAÑOL. Como siempre contando mentiras ustedes para descreditar a España, ya aburren. Incluso con Carlos I y su unificación del Imperio Germánico y el Hispano, Carlos I se identificaba plenamente como Hispano y aun asi las dos partes tenían autonomia tal como España y Portugal en su momento. Ya luego de la trágica división, ahi si que fue el imperio Habsburgo austriaco otra vez.

  • @HelloimthisguyYT
    @HelloimthisguyYT9 ай бұрын

    Apparently the borders between the gambia and senegal were decided by someone shooting cannons out of a ship down the river

  • @treatyofwindsor

    @treatyofwindsor

    9 ай бұрын

    The best way to draw boarders I believe

  • @HelloimthisguyYT

    @HelloimthisguyYT

    9 ай бұрын

    @@treatyofwindsor when Europeans do gunship diplomacy

  • @nikel-

    @nikel-

    9 ай бұрын

    It was UK was it?

  • @HelloimthisguyYT

    @HelloimthisguyYT

    9 ай бұрын

    @@nikel- yh

  • @jaimepujol5507

    @jaimepujol5507

    9 ай бұрын

    Turns out a very good way of drawing borders is "how far away can I shoot you"

  • @Croz89
    @Croz899 ай бұрын

    I'm honestly shocked that "annoying France" wasnt seen as a legitimate reason for keeping the territory by the British.

  • @zackkelley2940

    @zackkelley2940

    9 ай бұрын

    I'm sure it WAS.... They just couldn't use it as an OFFICIAL legitimate reason.^^ See also France and 'annoying Britain'.

  • @thesmithersy

    @thesmithersy

    9 ай бұрын

    That's been English and British foreign policy for the last 1,000 years.

  • @fabvz5436
    @fabvz54369 ай бұрын

    It's nice to have a video about history outside of europe every now and then, great work

  • @jwnomad

    @jwnomad

    9 ай бұрын

    If it's not europe, it's european colonies

  • @fabvz5436

    @fabvz5436

    9 ай бұрын

    @@jwnomad everywhere was a european colony..

  • @jwnomad

    @jwnomad

    9 ай бұрын

    @@fabvz5436 everwhere was an african colony first

  • @ameyd3728
    @ameyd37289 ай бұрын

    I'm a Gambian and I ask myself this everyday

  • @victoneter

    @victoneter

    9 ай бұрын

    Is there support in the Gambia to unify with Senegal?

  • @trollinape2697

    @trollinape2697

    9 ай бұрын

    tbf there are some minor cultural and major linguistic differences between the 2 of us. My family for example is pretty much just soninke, many being able to speak mandinka. I do not think even a tenth of the senegalese population speaks a mande language natively or as a 2nd language. Then again these differences exist within and outside our borders. The vast majority of senegal for example is wolof, just like how there are many wolofs in gambia. Same with the southern bit of senegal, mali and like half of guinea have mande speakers. In conclusion: I personally believe there is neither a strong reason to why gambia should exist, nor to cease to exist

  • @salemsuwareh1643

    @salemsuwareh1643

    3 ай бұрын

    @@trollinape2697 Yeah. To outsiders, joining gambia with senegal looks like it makes sense because of geography. But if the borders in our region would change based on language or ethnicity, it would make more sense to take most of gambia, northeastern guinea bissau, and southern senegal and join them with mali, than to join gambia with senegal. For the reasons you mention. Then other mande areas like eastern guinea and northwestern ivory coast could join the new mande country too. Our tribe and its dialects are scattered across many countries right now.

  • @ArthurCSchaperMR
    @ArthurCSchaperMR9 ай бұрын

    Please do a video on the following subjects: 1. Why did the Revolutions of 1848 fail in Spain and the German states? 2. Why do people drive on different sides of the road in different countries?

  • @theshlauf

    @theshlauf

    9 ай бұрын

    2. Left side because Rome. Right side because Napoleon.

  • @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd

    @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd

    9 ай бұрын

    1: Because we respect our faith unlike OTHERS.

  • @HTS123RK

    @HTS123RK

    9 ай бұрын

    @@theshlaufalways knew British listened to the better empire

  • @TheMixCurator

    @TheMixCurator

    9 ай бұрын

    @@theshlauf Thought left side was from the days of horse riding and jousting, where they'd ride from the left to attack? Similar reasons as to why shirts open a certain way. Thought that was due to right handed people being able to reach into their shirts to draw guns.

  • @ChaffyExpert

    @ChaffyExpert

    9 ай бұрын

    I would imagine it's because of the way nationalism and liberalism took route, not sure about Spain, but Germany was fractured into a bunch of states, same as Italy, so the revolutionary ideas were less liberalism democratic, and more nationalistic. Thus both Italy and Germany were dominated by more right wing politics until the cold war. You could even think of fascism as just the natural conclusion from the nationalism that formed Germany and Italy respectively after their government's were replaced briefly with more democratic ones after WW1 until reverting back to nationalism. Same with Japan too, as a disunited nation, nationalism dominated their politics, instead of liberalism. As for Spain, who knows why Spain does anything really. They did have quite a bit of nationalistic fever after Napoleon essentially invaded to install a puppet. So maybe that's why they were split between left wing and right wing politics.

  • @Ajet_
    @Ajet_9 ай бұрын

    Im sure James Bisonette could unite Gambia and Senegal once and for all!

  • @TheDethBringer666

    @TheDethBringer666

    9 ай бұрын

    maybe, but Kelly Moneymaker can just bribe everyone

  • @WaterShowsProd

    @WaterShowsProd

    9 ай бұрын

    Kelly Moneymaker won't budge on the free trade, so he'll have to work out a special economic zone with Senegal which eventually could lead to a separatist movement resulting in a war of independence led by Spinning Three Plates.

  • @reddykilowatt

    @reddykilowatt

    9 ай бұрын

    @@WaterShowsProdBoogly Woogly could broker a deal between them

  • @bustavonnutz
    @bustavonnutz9 ай бұрын

    Basically, there was just nothing really to be gained by joining Senegal in the eyes of the ruling class. They knew they would be marginalized in the confederation so the aristocracy of the Gambia ultimately turned it down, against popular support.

  • @Gaeilgeoir
    @Gaeilgeoir9 ай бұрын

    The Gambia remains an independent nation because James Bissonette and Kelly Moneymaker teamed up to fully fund the country's war effort and bolster its self-defense. 😌 Fair play, all! 😎👍🏻

  • @oenrn

    @oenrn

    9 ай бұрын

    The 1950s have called, they want their joke back.

  • @Gaeilgeoir

    @Gaeilgeoir

    9 ай бұрын

    @@oenrn You would know, Boomer. 🙄

  • @spinusportugal1086
    @spinusportugal10869 ай бұрын

    Fun fact, Portugal was never conquered by Spain! For a while the rightful king of Spain was also the rightful king of Portugal. He was the king of both nations but Portugal was not conquered!

  • @cloudynguyen6527

    @cloudynguyen6527

    9 ай бұрын

    Still feel like being conquered to me

  • @souoriomondego

    @souoriomondego

    9 ай бұрын

    @@cloudynguyen6527 Well the difference is that the spanish king had to rule Portugal as a kingdom separate from Spain, being restricted by many laws and having to appoint portuguese to many governing places. The first spanish king of Portugal actually respected the treaties, keeping both countries separate, but the 2 next kings tried to integrate Portugal into Spain which led to resistance in Portugal culminating in a war won by the Portuguese

  • @seneca983

    @seneca983

    9 ай бұрын

    @@souoriomondego Technically the "Spanish king" wasn't really the king of Spain either. He was the king of Castille and totally coincidentally also the king of Aragon.

  • @lluis9650

    @lluis9650

    9 ай бұрын

    yes it was, the king of portugal died invading morocco and since the spanish king had a legitimate claim to the throne he sent an army under the duke of alba which won the battle of Alcántara and other minor skirmishes securing the throne for the king of Spain. It may not have been a bloody destructive invasion and spain gave portugal a great deal of autonomy but if it weren't for the spanish sending an army Portugal would likely have remained independent. It's funny that this is so not well known in both countries today and instead it is seen as a rather voluntary union, in spain because they feel better saying portugal wanted to integrate with them and in Portugal because they feel better saying their much bigger neighbour never managed to invade them.

  • @spinusportugal1086

    @spinusportugal1086

    9 ай бұрын

    Between the death of D. Sebastião in 1578 and the reign of Philip II of Spain (and I of Portugal), 1580, we had King D. Henrique who...was a Cardinal and therefore could not marry. When he died, the 2 grandchildren of D. Manuel I faced each other: D.António Prior do Crato (supported by the people) and D. Filipe II of Spain (supported by the Portuguese clergy and nobility). Therefore, we did not have a conquest but rather a battle between factions of legitimate successors to the throne. In fact, Portugal was never part of Spain, it was never annexed. What happened was a personal union in which a king reigned over two different countries

  • @paleoph6168
    @paleoph61689 ай бұрын

    Nice, more frequent uploads!

  • @olivertyson7947
    @olivertyson79479 ай бұрын

    “The only reason to keep The Gambia would be to annoy France”. Sounds like a good reason to me.

  • @trevordeke
    @trevordeke9 ай бұрын

    I would love it if you'd do a whole series on Africa, like you've done with Europe. I've found your other videos to be not just informative, but tons of fun, and I don't know much about Africa. Seems like a win/win!

  • @timgibson2444
    @timgibson24449 ай бұрын

    My wife asked me what I was going do tonight. I told her I had to figure out why Gambia exists. She looks me dead in the eye so confused and asks why I’m doing that. Obviously, because history matters.

  • @pauldietrich6790

    @pauldietrich6790

    9 ай бұрын

    To annoy the French...

  • @MustacheCashStash125
    @MustacheCashStash1259 ай бұрын

    Because James Bissonnette loved swimming in the river so much, he decided to make it his personal property all to himself

  • @shubhanjalshukla3879
    @shubhanjalshukla38799 ай бұрын

    Yo this new upload speed is amazing!

  • @davidbonilla840
    @davidbonilla8409 ай бұрын

    This man does not miss. Every video he makes answers the burning questions I never knew I needed answers to.

  • @SilverFang2789
    @SilverFang27899 ай бұрын

    Senegal: Let's merge into one country The Gambia: Yeah that's not gonna work for me, love.

  • @herisruns
    @herisruns9 ай бұрын

    it's incredible how much information you're able to clearly communicate in only a few minutes. i've seen a video on this same topic that's over 10 minutes long, and it still didn't cover all of the same historical factors you mentioned

  • @DannoC355AC
    @DannoC355AC9 ай бұрын

    The best part of your channel is listening to the very end of your patron list. Boogely-woogely, Calling Dr. Curly, Dr. Larry & Dr. Moe, YOU CRACK ME UP!!!!😂😂

  • @streamlinedengine
    @streamlinedengine9 ай бұрын

    Hooray, the “Why does Country Exist” series is back! 🎉

  • @willlewis6622
    @willlewis66229 ай бұрын

    Every time I see a video like this, it reminds me of what an insanely impressive achievement it was for Bismarck to unite (almost) all of the Germanic world

  • @muhammadhabibieamiro3639
    @muhammadhabibieamiro36399 ай бұрын

    Another amazing video

  • @Random-hl2uq
    @Random-hl2uq9 ай бұрын

    Dang 2 videos in a week? I hope u manage to keep this up so I can keep watching these great videos

  • @jasonpost913
    @jasonpost9139 ай бұрын

    The fact that "keeping it would annoy France." wasn't reason enough for the Brits to hold onto it is somewhat of a surprise.

  • @luisitobardajibenitez8013
    @luisitobardajibenitez80139 ай бұрын

    I was a teacher there for seven week. It's an interesting country and the people are very laid back. Recommended.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman24147 ай бұрын

    Interesting video as always 👍🏻

  • @AyeAyeRawnn
    @AyeAyeRawnn9 ай бұрын

    I love your content keep it up!

  • @thebanana4263
    @thebanana42639 ай бұрын

    James Bisonnet is probably the reason the Gambia exist

  • @meme-potentialsearch8010

    @meme-potentialsearch8010

    9 ай бұрын

    The rivalry between James Bisonnet and Kelly the Moneymayker over Africa really shaped the continent

  • @jamesbissonette8002

    @jamesbissonette8002

    9 ай бұрын

    Nope

  • @thebanana4263

    @thebanana4263

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@jamesbissonette8002🗿

  • @Steeyuv

    @Steeyuv

    9 ай бұрын

    @@thebanana4263 NB that probably isn't the real JB

  • @thebanana4263

    @thebanana4263

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Steeyuv I know. The names are spelled differently

  • @johnmccrossan9376
    @johnmccrossan93769 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised "to annoy France" wasn't a good enough reason

  • @multimandan
    @multimandan9 ай бұрын

    This is one of my favourite KZread channels!

  • @WikiPeraX
    @WikiPeraX9 ай бұрын

    I’ve been waiting for this one since I found the channel

  • @meeRock897
    @meeRock8979 ай бұрын

    i think i speak for all us viewers when i say please bring back the ten minute history series

  • @fransbuijs808

    @fransbuijs808

    9 ай бұрын

    No, these short ones are fine.

  • @joesomebody3365
    @joesomebody33659 ай бұрын

    It's interesting that they didn't merge after independence, I'm kinda surprised a country that consists mostly of just the river territory has the power to stay unentangled of it's much larger neighbor.

  • @nightsinfinite
    @nightsinfinite9 ай бұрын

    I simply love this channel

  • @luket.9113
    @luket.91139 ай бұрын

    That is an extended of one of my requests for another African video I made months ago. Thanks, @HistoryMatters

  • @Unmannedperson
    @Unmannedperson9 ай бұрын

    TL;DW: The Gambia was colonized by James Bissonette whereas Senegal was colonized by Kenny Moneymaker.

  • @Technobabylon
    @Technobabylon9 ай бұрын

    "The only reason to keep it would be to annoy the French" Yes, that sounds like a decent enough reason.

  • @roach81cmg
    @roach81cmg9 ай бұрын

    Glad I was glued to my phone for the drop of this video. ❤

  • @samdoorley6101
    @samdoorley61019 ай бұрын

    As always, fun succinct video. Have you ever thought of doing an audio bloopers reel?

  • @Tiago.Rezende
    @Tiago.Rezende9 ай бұрын

    Portugal was not conquered by Spain, we were under a crown union (Iberian Union)

  • @ryanscott33
    @ryanscott339 ай бұрын

    Loved this video! feel like we never see stories about Africa; would love to see a video on why the French did not colonize any parts of Southern Africa (beyond Madagascar) or how South Africa gained control over German Southwest Africa following WWI

  • @geoffreyherrick298

    @geoffreyherrick298

    9 ай бұрын

    I believe it had something to do with Cecil B. Rhodes' dream of an empire that stretched from Cape Town to Cairo.

  • @Apoorvathegreat
    @Apoorvathegreat9 ай бұрын

    Thanks because of you ik about this country i was so confused while playing RON

  • @j7cc
    @j7cc9 ай бұрын

    I enjoy this channel.

  • @skeetrix5577
    @skeetrix55779 ай бұрын

    it's james bisonettes fault

  • @breadcat0469
    @breadcat04699 ай бұрын

    Gambia: exists History matters:but WHY

  • @mimirovitch2792
    @mimirovitch27929 ай бұрын

    Thank you, interesting !

  • @flawyerlawyertv7454
    @flawyerlawyertv74549 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 👍

  • @maxjohansen9475
    @maxjohansen94759 ай бұрын

    One of the most fascinating features of the continuum of English accents is the additional rhoticity between an terminal and initial vowel. “Why does the Gambia exist?” Becomes “why does the Gambierexist?”

  • @rosiefay7283

    @rosiefay7283

    9 ай бұрын

    How else would you say it and still sound natural? Say the two words connected and you make a strange diphthong; make a gap between them and it sounds a bit stilted.

  • @TheoEvian

    @TheoEvian

    9 ай бұрын

    it's called "the intrusive r". It's one of the best kept secrets for mastering nice pronunciation in those dialects.

  • @maxjohansen9475

    @maxjohansen9475

    9 ай бұрын

    @@rosiefay7283 honestly as an American English speaker I elide (or the vowel equivalent) the sounds, so it comes out like “why does the Gam byexist” but if I were speaking to camera I would put a quarter second pause between them to give myself time to enunciate clearly like “why does the Gambia__exist?”

  • @maxjohansen9475

    @maxjohansen9475

    9 ай бұрын

    @@TheoEvian cool! Thanks for the info.

  • @TheoEvian

    @TheoEvian

    9 ай бұрын

    @@rosiefay7283 some languages make big pauses between words (for example Slavic languages that also devoice final consonants so my students pronounce "dog" and "dock" identically) and others connect them a lot (English and French would be in that camp). There are different strategies how to do this and actually English in many dialects started to put bigger gaps between words using glottal stops which is called "hard attack".

  • @dragonsword2253
    @dragonsword22539 ай бұрын

    This channel has turned me into the guy from Ancient Aliens but instead of aliens it's Napoleon

  • @siddxartxa
    @siddxartxa9 ай бұрын

    FINALLY a video on question Ive been asking myself so many times 😅 Unexpected form you, HM

  • @StoryFireRecruiter
    @StoryFireRecruiter9 ай бұрын

    Would love to see your videos on StoryFire

  • @mynameisntpatrick1476
    @mynameisntpatrick14769 ай бұрын

    Ah yes. The famous reason for nations not unifying. Deciding who gets to be in charge.

  • @TTToba
    @TTToba9 ай бұрын

    I would like to offer a video suggestion: “How did Mexico, and the world, react to the assassination of Trotsky?”

  • @sufthegoat
    @sufthegoat9 ай бұрын

    You asking the real questions my man

  • @Kameeho
    @Kameeho9 ай бұрын

    Man I havent seen History Matter videos for almost a year (Thanks youtube Algoritm for not putting him on my feed until now!). Great to see Jamez Bizanette still being the loyal supported after all this time.

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam9 ай бұрын

    Bro asks questions I never knew I needed answers for

  • @jeremykraenzlein5975

    @jeremykraenzlein5975

    9 ай бұрын

    Even better: he then answers them!

  • @EpicgamerwinXD6669
    @EpicgamerwinXD66699 ай бұрын

    You should do a video on Eritrea.

  • @nathanngumi8467
    @nathanngumi84679 ай бұрын

    Very interesting!

  • @Loyal_Kaiser
    @Loyal_Kaiser9 ай бұрын

    Nice video

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks16909 ай бұрын

    So, to summarise, “This is too difficult to deal with, we’ll sort it out later,” and repeat for circa 300 years?

  • @graveperil2169

    @graveperil2169

    9 ай бұрын

    once roads were invented people kicked cans down them

  • @jomarba2
    @jomarba29 ай бұрын

    Portugal wasnt conquered by spain. It was annexed via personal union, due to the death of its king D. Sebastiao, and a sucession crisis.

  • @gushterell7989
    @gushterell79899 ай бұрын

    I always stay and listen to the funny patreon names.

  • @prettypuff1
    @prettypuff19 ай бұрын

    1:21 “ this feels wrong” I appreciate this very much

  • @davidmehling4310
    @davidmehling43109 ай бұрын

    Only heard of The Gambia because it was the homeland of Alex Hayley's ancestor Kunta Kinte in the book and tv mini series Roots

  • @zimriel

    @zimriel

    9 ай бұрын

    you really believed all that shit?

  • @Numba003
    @Numba0039 ай бұрын

    This was one I was excited to see! The Gambia is definitely one of the more obscure yet interesting countries to note on modern maps lol. Thank you. God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

  • @myysterio2
    @myysterio29 ай бұрын

    I'm glad we're back to asking why and now how or where

  • @AG-ni8jm
    @AG-ni8jm9 ай бұрын

    🎉🎉🎉 a new video!

  • @grondhero
    @grondhero9 ай бұрын

    Yes! A return to the *"Why hasn't this small country been conquered?"* series. 😉

  • @_Ben___
    @_Ben___9 ай бұрын

    I think the bigger question is why is it called "the" Gambia and not just Gambia?

  • @r8rgtrs

    @r8rgtrs

    9 ай бұрын

    Basically because the country is named after a river, and names of rivers require the definite article in English. The Thames, the Mississippi, the Gambia. The uppercase T is because the article is a legitimate part of the name, like in The Hague.

  • @geoffreyherrick298

    @geoffreyherrick298

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@r8rgtrsThe Hague, The Netherlands

  • @r8rgtrs

    @r8rgtrs

    9 ай бұрын

    @@geoffreyherrick298 Those have articles for reasons different from the one why The Gambia has one

  • @wiggluededgessnatched

    @wiggluededgessnatched

    2 ай бұрын

    the israel

  • @matthewbrotman2907
    @matthewbrotman29079 ай бұрын

    “Welcome to The Gambia. Home of The Gambia.” Please tell me that’s a “Good Burger” reference.

  • @Ethan7s
    @Ethan7s9 ай бұрын

    The best part of your video is you reading out names of Patrons with funny names.

  • @charlesthefirst8352

    @charlesthefirst8352

    9 ай бұрын

    I agree 😂

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio59429 ай бұрын

    “This enraged Senegal, who punished Gambia severely.”

  • @_Zof
    @_Zof9 ай бұрын

    Kelly moneymaker

  • @kellymoneymaker3922

    @kellymoneymaker3922

    9 ай бұрын

    👋

  • @officialzji1828
    @officialzji18289 ай бұрын

    Interesting video.

  • @EpicgamerwinXD6669
    @EpicgamerwinXD66699 ай бұрын

    Funny how the British Cameroons weren’t allowed independence, but the Gambia was.

  • @HTS123RK

    @HTS123RK

    9 ай бұрын

    France owned Cameroon or do u mean something else

  • @-haclong2366

    @-haclong2366

    9 ай бұрын

    They voted to join the French Cameroons.

  • @-haclong2366

    @-haclong2366

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@HTS123RKFrance only owned 90% of it, 10% belonged to Nigeria before it joined the country. Officially Cameroon is bilingual today, though the Francophones try to oppress the usage of English. Both areas were mandates taken from Germany.

  • @EpicgamerwinXD6669

    @EpicgamerwinXD6669

    9 ай бұрын

    @@HTS123RK actually they didn’t. The German’s owned Cameroon and the French got most of it after WW1, but the British got three portions of German Cameroon. Upon “independence”, all three British Cameroons were given the option of either A)Joining Nigeria, or B)Joining the now French portion of the former German colony of Cameroon. Anyway, the two northern British Cameroons were majority Muslim and voted to join Nigeria, while the southern most British Cameroon was majority Christian and voted to join the now country of Cameroon. There’s actually an independence movement for the southern formally British Cameroon to to leave the country of Cameroon, look up “Ambazonia” if your interested in learning more.

  • @HTS123RK

    @HTS123RK

    9 ай бұрын

    @@EpicgamerwinXD6669 thanks I didn’t know about that I look it up

  • @Lusitanean
    @Lusitanean9 ай бұрын

    Portugal wasn't conquered. It was a dynastic union!

  • @mafatakyok551
    @mafatakyok5519 ай бұрын

    Interesting ❤️❤️❤️🥂🥂

  • @jake178
    @jake1789 ай бұрын

    you know is a good day when history matters uploads

  • @Draxis32
    @Draxis329 ай бұрын

    Portugal didn't ceased to exists. There was a throne vacancy that was claimed by the King of Spain, therefore uniting both Kingdoms for what was called the "Iberian Union" That "union" caused much ruckus around the globe since Spain was an enemy of it's former colony, The Netherlands, and Portugal was an ally.

  • @PurooRoy
    @PurooRoy9 ай бұрын

    We all knew what the answer would be, we just wanted to know in exactly which year were the British responsible for it.

  • @seanmccambridge8950
    @seanmccambridge89507 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @jasonbourne1218
    @jasonbourne12189 ай бұрын

    Would love to see a video about the 7 years war

  • @alexjv1370
    @alexjv13709 ай бұрын

    Where’s Gambia? Africa you say? Oh, then it’s just the British doing British things.

  • @juanjuri6127

    @juanjuri6127

    9 ай бұрын

    i was gonna say "hey cut them some slack, at least they didn't bring out the ruler this time" but... no, they did bring out the ruler. cut them no slack

  • @sydhenderson6753

    @sydhenderson6753

    9 ай бұрын

    Somewhere in Senegal.

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