By Yunus S Saliu
At least forty students of the Popenguine International School, Senegal recently visited Wassu and Kerbatch Stone Circle Sites of The Gambia as part of their school excursion program.
The thirty-two students and eight teachers visited the two sites studying the Gambia stone circle sites and also visited the Senegalese Stone Circle sites of Waenar and Sinengayan. Their visit is part of the program activities to make sure the Stone Circle sites in both countries become very important educational tools to help students in the Gambia and Senegal better understand the glorious and rich history of these countries.
According to Mr. Faye, one of the teachers accompanied the Senegalese students from Popenguine International School students and teachers were very impressed by the cordial hospitality that the National Center for Arts and Culture (NCAC) staff at both Wassu and Kerbatch Stone Circle sites accorded them.
“The staff of the NCAC welcomed and helped us to understand the sites and also enabled us to have a very restful about the very good condition of the Gambian stone circle sites,” he disclosed.
Mr Faye was very impressed with the condition of the Gambia stone circle sites while extending gratitude and congratulations to the National Centre For Arts and Culture for the proper upkeeping of these sites.
He noted that the Senegalese authority learned a lot from the NCAC on how to preserve and add value to the stone circle sites.
At Kerbatch Stone Circles, the teachers and students were taken on a conducted tour of the site by Hassoum Ceesay, the Director General of the NCAC and he told the students that the tour of the sites was a good example of a strong cultural history and pre-historic ties that binds the two countries together.
He added that the visit of the Senegalese students is always encouraged because it shows that the stone circles are a source of rich educational experience for both the Gambian students and the Senegalese students.
Moreover, by this visit, they will know that the two countries share a very rich culture and heritage.
The students were taken around the museum at the KerbatchStone Circles while they listened to good historical explanation of the significance,
