Planning Your Move to Gambia Q&A: PART 1

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  • @scoobydoodoo876
    @scoobydoodoo876 8 місяців тому +7

    As a Gambian who is well travelled, including studying in the US for undergrad, just remember that we live in an interconnected world. You can live happily in the Gambia but please remember to travel back to the US/UK for your medical needs if they arise. Getting sick is part of life and you shouldn't compromise on that due to pride.

  • @elainegoldman3949
    @elainegoldman3949 8 місяців тому +7

    I’m moving there in June I can’t wait I have land and family there already

  • @leeleeb5930
    @leeleeb5930 8 місяців тому +13

    As a single woman, Gambia is my choice, I already purchased land. However my concern is the 6 black diaspora women, around my age that are no longer with us. That'll be scaring many of us in that retirement age group away from Gambia. It's sad.

    • @bubakonateh4981
      @bubakonateh4981 8 місяців тому +6

      Don't worry Gambia is safer

    • @PurplePillRiches
      @PurplePillRiches 8 місяців тому +6

      Connect with black Americans brothers or black American community. Like Mexicans Connect with their community in usa

    • @boggsbrown2544
      @boggsbrown2544 8 місяців тому +13

      As a single women its not wise to be purchasing land/building house to live in by yourself. Please there are gated community such as TAF City where you can own a home/plot and live secure in a gated community. This is a Muslim nation they don't look kindly to single women taking their land and getting ahead of them. Be wise move in silent, connect with other sis/bro from the diaspora, live in a gated community.

    • @BRKS627
      @BRKS627 8 місяців тому

      ​@@bubakonateh4981yeah right

    • @quickgm32
      @quickgm32 8 місяців тому

      ⁠ agree very much with this reply. Single women, or women, whose husbands are not coming with them, need to be very careful, again, I am not saying, don’t do it, I’m saying, be careful, and don’t tell everybody everything.

  • @TonyaEL
    @TonyaEL 8 місяців тому +2

    Peace my beautiful sisters. I enjoyed the serene energy between the both of you during the Q&A. Looking forward to part 2.

  • @sistaluv1357
    @sistaluv1357 8 місяців тому +3

    Love your videos. Especially this one. I have always been attracted to The Gambia but I don't have any contact on the ground. Would absolutely love to visit some day. PEACE & BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS.

  • @dbodbo8510
    @dbodbo8510 8 місяців тому +5

    Many Blessings! I love what you’re doing! I love The Gambia so much! I never want to come back to the USA (New York) when I visit.

  • @dcaldwell8165
    @dcaldwell8165 8 місяців тому +1

    Sounds like it would good for you two to write a book about things to pack/bring when moving to Gambia. As well as where to find certain things when you arrive. Like potatoe pillers, etc.

  • @repatriationstation8128
    @repatriationstation8128 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank you sis!!! I’m glad we collaborated for this!!!

    • @summersinafrica
      @summersinafrica  8 місяців тому

      Thank you so much for an amazing interview!!! I'm so happy we did too!!🥰

    • @1GratefulSlave.
      @1GratefulSlave. 8 місяців тому

      ​@@summersinafricaIt is great to see BELIEVING WOMEN coming together and sharing experiences, but also giving advice about migrating to the Gambia for the sake of getting closer to their Lord, Allah(swt).
      It is also heartwarming to hear that you have established a community of immigrant Muslim women supporting each other, and reaching out to non-Muslims.
      Allah(swt) says in the Quran Chapter 9, Verse 71:
      The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Those - Allāh will have mercy upon them. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
      - Saheeh International
      May Allah(swt) make your affairs easy for you, and firmly establish you in His Worship. Ameen.

    • @abuwarith1
      @abuwarith1 8 місяців тому

      nice interview, very insightful. i was there in december but didnt run into any expats. i hope to return soon. may Allah keep your families safe

    • @Gambialiving333
      @Gambialiving333 8 місяців тому

      ​@@summersinafricathanks so much for finding time. I miss your videos so much 🥰

    • @Gambialiving333
      @Gambialiving333 8 місяців тому

      I look forward to watching your videos and reading your book 🥰

  • @sistaluv1357
    @sistaluv1357 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing your experiences with me. I appreciate your willingness to share.

  • @YourSoulsFitness
    @YourSoulsFitness 8 місяців тому +1

    Great content and insight, thanks ladies ❤❤

  • @jennehmariam
    @jennehmariam 8 місяців тому

    Alhamdulillah sis that was great. Looking forward to part 2 and yes, understand about other countries like Tanzania, being hard to stay. My adult son is urging me to return to Africa. May I ask what cities you sisters live in? And what do you know about the city, Kanifing. Is there a way we can connect with Jana? What do you think of TafCity is it better in terms of living safely?

    • @pipsmum100
      @pipsmum100 8 місяців тому +1

      There are no cities as you would know in the USA. Banjul, the capital is just a large town. Kanifing is an area. You really need to come and explore for yourself as it is the only way to understand the country 😁

    • @jennehmariam
      @jennehmariam 8 місяців тому

      @@pipsmum100 I understand what you're saying, thank you. I lived in Liberia for 7 years so yeah cities are not like we know in USA. Adn true you have to visit first or like the sis interviewed and what I did in the past, just go.

  • @quickgm32
    @quickgm32 8 місяців тому +1

    Again, full disclosure, I am actuallly considering at least a visit to The Gambia, however, I just talked to a fellow sister who came back who advised me to be very careful with little girls in The Gambia, as young men (like 20 something) will already be saying they want to marry them at like when the girl is 6 or 8 years old. Also, there are issues with sexual abuse/exploitation of minors. So I don’t think I could personally get used to just letting my kids run around by themselves, but that is just me. Especially since I was also told that food/water-borne illness is a problem.

  • @bubafatty2707
    @bubafatty2707 7 місяців тому

    Lovely,,,Well wishes!

  • @hasheemyusuf6904
    @hasheemyusuf6904 8 місяців тому

    Assalamualaikum. Awesome interview 👍. So happy to see my sisters in faith ❤️. Love you nice people with decent outfits may Allah bless you and your families. Please tell her to continue making videos cuz it's been a while she made any. Bissalam 🙏.

  • @sadeimoresojourns
    @sadeimoresojourns 8 місяців тому +1

    Peace and blessings Sis. I can't watch it now but I will later. ❤🤗 I can feel the good energy already.

    • @summersinafrica
      @summersinafrica  8 місяців тому

      I appreciate you so much!! Thank you sis🥰🤗

  • @salimahmalik4593
    @salimahmalik4593 8 місяців тому

    As Salaamu Alaikum sistars thank you for sharing your experiences . May Allah Tallah continue to bless your families and endeavors Ameen

  • @quickgm32
    @quickgm32 8 місяців тому +3

    I think someone already mentioned this, but as single women, moving to Gambia, my advice would be to be extremely careful before you do it, we have had a rash of deaths of single women in The Gambia, and at least the past year. We are already up to six of them. Also, understand that it is a male dominated society. Those of us who are converged Islam can’t go over there talking about all the rights that we have is Muslim women. Culturally, you will not always get those rights. I am just calling how it is. My advice would be to go there first, and try to see the lay of the land, before you make any decisions about moving there. Also, there are things to consider if you are disabled, if you have children, if you are pregnant or become could become pregnant, etc. I would not recommend that single women go over there by themselves unless they have family, friends, or some kind of support system that they can trust. And also be careful, because, as Western women, you are perceived to have money, other things, and you will be expected to“”help out people.

  • @millionairemaine8901
    @millionairemaine8901 8 місяців тому +2

    Be safe & keep doing the good work.

  • @AccidentalCarnivore-ul3kg
    @AccidentalCarnivore-ul3kg 8 місяців тому +5

    Your views are refreshing. Sounds like it can be safe and a place where a single woman or mother can find peace. But, what about all the Black women from the YS and UK who’ve recently lost their lives under very suspicious circumstances. The latest one was a murder. Any thoughts on how women can be safe? Is it safer if you are MUSLIM…does being Muslim make you more protected?

    • @modoulaminblackman9785
      @modoulaminblackman9785 8 місяців тому +2

      Investigators are still doing their jobs especially the last 2 incidents but such crimes are very much non Gambians types of crimes......for the last 7 years The Gambia hass encountered flock of foriegn nationals the likes of I've never seen before from the neighboring countries, so this types of crimes are pretty much foriegn to Gambia

    • @boggsbrown2544
      @boggsbrown2544 8 місяців тому

      @@modoulaminblackman9785 Could be the West (CIA) sabotaging the exodus from the WEST. BW need to stop publicizing their business on social media. Move in silence. Live in gated community (TAF CITY), connect to sis/bro of diaspora living in the Gambia.

    • @omarmendy1404
      @omarmendy1404 8 місяців тому

      Those incidents that happened recently were shocking and I believe the police are doing investigations
      Most of these incidents are caused by foreigners living in the Gambia
      It is very rare to see a Gambian kill someone

    • @quickgm32
      @quickgm32 8 місяців тому +2

      Even if it is foreigners, it is still happening in The, Gambia, and these women are still ending up dead. So what does it matter if it was Gambians or not. Women, especially single women, should be very careful if they move there. I am not saying don’t do it, I am saying, be careful.

  • @ummkulthummukhlis8698
    @ummkulthummukhlis8698 3 місяці тому

    Thankyou!

  • @sasbridgecloserstudent
    @sasbridgecloserstudent 8 місяців тому +1

    Great interview!

  • @bakiekoroma6814
    @bakiekoroma6814 8 місяців тому

    Allahuakbar. Shukran. May Allah The Almighty reward you both for sharing. Jazakallahukyaryn

  • @simonesinyan1496
    @simonesinyan1496 8 місяців тому

    Beautiful video!

  • @MPam1619
    @MPam1619 8 місяців тому

    Assalaamu Alaikum. I appreciate your commentary about "the tourists" and the importance of monitoring their contact with the children. I too, i think, would want to live as far away from them as possible. Barak Allahu feeki.

  • @user-fatty620
    @user-fatty620 8 місяців тому +1

    Love y’all ❤

  • @theshoemakinglady
    @theshoemakinglady 8 місяців тому

    Good interview!

  • @healthbeauty7084
    @healthbeauty7084 8 місяців тому +1

    ♥️🤎🙏🏽

  • @thembyclare1321
    @thembyclare1321 8 місяців тому

    so true but no answer after 1 reaction

  • @africandreamsinhaze365
    @africandreamsinhaze365 8 місяців тому +1

    Hi y'all

  • @KAH-7
    @KAH-7 8 місяців тому +1

    I wouldn't do that Ukhti, unless an Ancestral DNA test shows that
    your first mother or father was Gambian? Sisters from here who buy up their land are being found deleted⁉

  • @AllDayEloquence
    @AllDayEloquence 8 місяців тому

    Wonderful interview Sis!

  • @davidsmith5762
    @davidsmith5762 8 місяців тому +1

    Yeah she trusting some man other there… BS!!! See she handles her own affairs.. hypocritical!!! Now she says you need help!!! THATS WHAT A HUSBAND IS FOR!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @quickgm32
      @quickgm32 8 місяців тому

      So I guessing no comments on this brother “getting a life” or “talking about stuff he knows nothing about”? This is why I think it would be interesting to get a man’s perspective in all of this. I think that was alll I was trying to say, and as I was dictating and not typing, I did a terrible job of it. As I mentioned in another comment, I’m not against relocating, I have/am considering it myself, however, it says that many UA-cam content creators (and not necessarily this one mind you) are not giving us the whole truth about what it is really like in The Gambia. That is why I’d personally be careful. But then again, as a blind/diisabled Muslim, who has disabled children, I have issues to consider that other families may not have. For some of us, moving to The Gambia, if not done with careful planning and forethought, could quite literally put our lives in danger. And I’m especially careful withthe recent rash of repat women dying in The Gambia.

  • @nobullzone8394
    @nobullzone8394 8 місяців тому

    SMH sisters please be careful six black American women have been murdered over there in Gambia and I said murdered they will tell you that these women were sick but there was no evidence of them being sick just be careful you looked at as a mark you're looked at With Envy move accordingly!😔😔

  • @abuwarith1
    @abuwarith1 8 місяців тому +1

    Where is she from?

  • @laminjammeh-x9h
    @laminjammeh-x9h 8 місяців тому

    Why do you have to go to Africa to connect with other Americans, when you can connect with Americans right here in America without moving to Africa? The financial support you get in America as a single mom, there is no way you can get in Africa. In Africa we don't welfare or child support, so if you are a single mom, you don't get any financial help from the government or your baby daddy. That is Gambia is extremely dusty, so if you lungs or breathing disorders, you would have hard time living there.

  • @BRKS627
    @BRKS627 8 місяців тому +3

    This video is full of BS. Y'all didn't hear about the 6 Americans black women mysteriously passed away in gambia.

    • @quickgm32
      @quickgm32 8 місяців тому +1

      I have heard about them, and that is what is giving me pause. In my opinion, you are trading one set of problems from another if you decide to move there, and not acknowledging, that fact, I think is very disingenuous to the people that are considering moving there. People mention not having to deal with racism, but of course, if you die because of some preventable disease, of course you won’t have to deal with racism then because you will be dead. So I guess there is that. As a Muslim woman, in some ways, it seems very tempting to want to go to The Gambia, as I have ties there, however, the healthcare system there is horrible. And that is putting it mildly. I would hate to have something really bad happened to myself or my kids as a result of any decisions that I make. Especially if it is something that could’ve been prevented.

    • @quickgm32
      @quickgm32 8 місяців тому

      I wanted to also add that, while God is in control of all things, I also am a fair believer in rely on God, but tie your camel. So, if I have health issues, or my children, have health issues, I would not deliberately put them in a situation where they could be adversely affected by that. And while I am a white woman, raising children of color, and I am sensitive to that fact, and I know that they will experience bigotry, prejudice, and racism both because of their skin, color, and religion, I also have to weigh pros and cons of the different situations That I may put them in, as their parent. And alive is always better than dead, and you will always experience adversity, no matter where you go, because that is the nature of the life of this world. So that is why I am personally not running around, looking for some utopia in this world that does not exist.

    • @davidsmith5762
      @davidsmith5762 8 місяців тому

      See she speak about residual income I bet she put her kids father on child support.. this interview is fraudulent.. and the interviewer making it seem like it’s ok for single sisters to come there with no husband but HER husband made sure they was straight and had what they needed.. this interview is fraudulently made..typical American hood woman ..

    • @abs2ray
      @abs2ray 6 місяців тому

      People who don't even have passports have a lot to say about places they've never been.
      At least two of those women had medical conditions, one was sadly murdered, allegedly by another foreigner. Don't know much about the others.
      What I can say is that Gambia is relatively safe with low levels of serious crimes. It is definitely safer than America but you need to alert and vigilant.

    • @BRKS627
      @BRKS627 6 місяців тому

      @@abs2ray yeah to you

  • @lallokanteh
    @lallokanteh 8 місяців тому

    Hahhaahahaha

  • @davidsmith5762
    @davidsmith5762 8 місяців тому +1

    So as a single mother you just up and take the children away??? Where’s the father’s input??? I’m starting to see a “single sisters” theme on here to move to Gambia, like why aren’t you speaking about FAMILIES?? Every Muslim woman NEEDS a husband..she n just up and moved and mentions nothing of the father??! This is the problem… and a sign of women trying to be men, with excuses to justify their unjust behavior. You’re not getting to the truth with her, like how you leave with the man children?? Talk about that!! As a father, a husband, and a member of the Islamic communities upon the manhaj of the early Muslims… this interview seems one sided and suspect… talk about how is she gonna manage to provide for them in another country!! As a foreigner? Ya channel is informative.. please keep it real for us looking and listening.. verily the tongue is responsible for the truth

    • @quickgm32
      @quickgm32 8 місяців тому +1

      I actually wondered about that too. I wonder what interpretation of Islam we are following. A more conservative interpretation would say that the husband is the head of the household, and are all decisions are final with him. How can he be the head of the household if he is not there most of the time?

    • @summersinafrica
      @summersinafrica  8 місяців тому +5

      Assalamualaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatu, I'm here to defend the sister I interviewed. She has no obligation to explain to a public platform any of the questions you're asking regarding her moving without husband. Why would you want to tear down someone who is simply telling other mothers in her former position (living in America) that they can have an easier time raising children in Gambia?
      In my opinion, this comment is very insensitive. I'm in Gambia with my children without my husband for months at a time, because he works internationally. Our Muslim sisters want to hear from someone other than myself about how it is managing being here with children ("alone"). I'm personally hurt by this comment. I find it to be highly offensive on multiple levels.

    • @quickgm32
      @quickgm32 8 місяців тому +1

      Assalamu alaikum, I did not mean to offend anyone, however, there is an interpretation of Islam, (that it seems that the man commenting above follows and many if not most Muslims follow), that says the man is the head of the household, wives must obey their husbands, etc. I think that was what he was referring to. Also, especially given recent situations affecting women in The Gambia who choose to move there, we need to have a more clearer/truthful picture as to what is going on over there. Probably the questions could have been put better however, it does need to be addressed how single women fare in a society that is not built for single women. Even if Gambian women don’t have their husbands with them, because those husbands may live outside of The Gambia, Gambian wives also have numerous family/relatives to help/support/protect them. A woman coming from say the US who is picking up and just moving to The Gambia with their children may not have this. This could make them vulernable in many ways. As I believe in full disclosure, I personally don’t believe I need to be under a man’s thumb just because/c he’s a man, and I don’t personally believe in being under a man’s protection BS, but that’s probably because no man’s protected me from anything, so I personally am not coming from the conservatives Muslim side of the spectrum. But I’m just surprised that more people haven’t asked this question either, especially how prevalent the women have to obey men/women are deficient in intelligence/most of the people in Hellwill be men teachings that are so prevalent in many of our Muslim communities. Maybe you could have a segment where you and your husband have a discussion on how the two of you jointly came to the decision for you and your children to move to The Gambia. Perhaps that could be a future topic of conversation.

    • @Abahanifa39
      @Abahanifa39 8 місяців тому

      @@summersinafricaUkhti you don’t need to explain anything to these people they got talki talki issues, so let them talk.

    • @Abahanifa39
      @Abahanifa39 8 місяців тому

      @@quickgm32how would you talm bout someone that you don’t even know em? Go get a life Akhi/Ukhti😳

  • @marjoriereyes3254
    @marjoriereyes3254 8 місяців тому +4

    Gambia killing women now

    • @modoulaminblackman9785
      @modoulaminblackman9785 8 місяців тому

      What an ignorant statement what's your prove that its Gambians

    • @boggsbrown2544
      @boggsbrown2544 8 місяців тому +1

      Troll go somewhere.

    • @marjoriereyes3254
      @marjoriereyes3254 8 місяців тому

      @@boggsbrown2544 bunch off thieves and murderers

    • @marjoriereyes3254
      @marjoriereyes3254 8 місяців тому +1

      @@boggsbrown2544 slave catching thief that never prosper

    • @omarmendy1404
      @omarmendy1404 8 місяців тому +2

      Gambians don't kill people in those incidents that happened recently were done by foreigners not Gambians
      Gambia is a peaceful country the people are lovely and kind to others