The Smiling Coast Of Africa

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Greetings everyone! This post is about my entry to the third neoxian city prompt. The prompt is very interesting to me so after pondering about it I decided to take part in it.

I made the post in a sort of question and answer format where I break down the prompt into three sections and provided my answer for each with a sufficient reasoning behind each answer.

What are some of the things you are proud of about your country?

The Gambia is my country. It's the country I've known all my life. I've visited our neighbors Senegal almost a decade ago. But beyond that, I've not explored the wider world yet.

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The main thing I'm proud of about my country is its hospitality. People here are so welcoming and will go at lengths to help you enjoy your stay and feel so much ease like you were at your own home. Sometimes, they even put the visitor above their own selves!

One of the reasons why I'm proud of the hospitality is that it pays dividends in the future. There are numerous stories about Gambians traveling abroad and receiving good treatment thanks to the country they're from and the hospitality it is known for. Besides that, hospitality also fosters peace and stability and a deep connection between cultures. This country has a relative stability.

Speaking of cultures, it is another thing I'm proud of because of the diversity of it. I for example I'm only a Gambian by birth. By decent, I'm a mix of Nigerian (through my mother's side) and a Senegalese (through my father's side). Many cultures across Africa and beyond all converge in Gambia and it is reflected in the food, clothing and even the way we speak. Every culture has a tint of other cultures in it and I find it a pleasurable sport to investigate what that tint is and its origin.

Do you think your country has all it takes to help you develop as a person?

Frankly, I don't think so. For me, a certain aspect of developing as a person means exploring the experiences beyond the borders of my country. To me, Gambia is like a bird's nest or a comfort zone and at some point you can only continue to develop if you fly away from the nest.

However, I can't say I have fully explored the nest yet. I've traveled to almost every part of this small country and bathed both on the river that travels in the middle of the country and the Atlantic Ocean. I'm grateful for all the experiences and I'm sure there's still something to learn especially in terms of depth.

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If you could leave to another country, would you? If yes or no, explain why?

Yes, I would. The main reason being to speed up my evolution. To experience new and different lifestyles, cultures and viewpoints. I feel like my growth in the country has become almost stagnant. Maybe I'm bored of seeing and repeating the same things over and over again.

If I had it my way, I'll live in every continent for ten years starting with Australia. Ever since I heard that it is the Earth in miniature, I've taken an interest in visiting that place. But more importantly, it is the country where a school that's so dear to me was founded.

Thanks for reading!

Edit: You can find more details about the prompt here.

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Hi there! I just found your post as I was looking if there is a Hive community in Gambia, as we recently helped @jackbah set up an account but he has some difficulties accessing his account so we thought maybe we could find someone on here who lives in Gambia as well and could call him up to help him out as we can't really do much from abroad.. Here is his number if you would be willing to contact him & check with him how to access Hive? +2207150479

Many many thanks in advance that would be very kind to bring this brother on board to the Hive 🙏 Peace&Love

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Thanks for reaching out to me. I'll be very glad to help him out.
I'll reach out to him right away via his mobile number.
Really glad to hear that another Gambian has come onboard :)
Thanks once again!!

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Aahh bless you! Thank you so much that means a lot! Looking forward to know how it goes! Have a great day!

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Did you manage to reach him? Blessings

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Yes, I did got a hold of him and he told what the issue was, Peakd frontend was having a problem broadcast the request he made via keychain. The request was publishing a test blog. I told him to try writing more words on the blog and adding more tags because there was only one word in both of them. He told me he'll try that and get back to me but since then, which was almost two days now, he hasn't gotten back to me yet.

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Oo I see! Yeah maybe it's easier if you could meet up, not sure how far away you live from each other though 😅

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It's a bit far but I'm not sure if he'll be open to it. He replied back yesterday and told me that it still isn't working for him yet.

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Oh well . I feel like he has a lot on his plate lately.. hopefully more literally than figuratively though! Thank you so much for your kind willingness to help so quickly anyway, bless your Soul and have a magical week!

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Yes, that could well be the case. He isn't much around to socialise.
You're most welcome, it was a real pleasure.
Have a magical week too!

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The people and its customs are so important to every country and the Gambia sounds lovely indeed. Despite that, in your quest to develop you would leave to explore other lands. Sometimes that is needed if one's country is small or by nature one is the exploring type. All the best wishes with your endeavours.

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You sum it up quite well. Thank you for the best wishes :)

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Good to know that Gambia as a country are so welcoming. hospitality and the culture makes a country great as well. Sadly your country doesn't have all it takes to develop you as an individual. Traveling to other countries is a nice idea to explore other cultures and achieve your desired personal growth.

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Yes, indeed. I love the country because of its hospitality and everything but there isn't enough room for personal development.

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