Juffureh

Juffureh is a small town in the Gambia on the North Bank of the Gambia River, most famous as the reputed origin of Alex Haley's ancestor Kunta Kinte, as described in Haley's novel Roots.

Get in
The ferry to Barra from Banjul goes about twice an hour and take 40 minutes. Juffureh is a short ride away.

See



 * Fort Jilifree
 * Fort Jilifree

Go next

 * Karang and the Fathala Reserve in Senegal are just north of the North Bank.