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'''Jufureh''' (also spelled '''Juffureh''' or '''Juffure''') is a town in [[the Gambia]], 30 kilometres inland on the north bank of the [[River Gambia]] in the [[North Bank Division]] near [[Kunta Kinteh Island]]. The town is home to a [[museum]] and Fort Jillifree.
Jufureh is known for its appearance in [[Alex Haley]]'s 1976 novel ''[[Roots: The Saga of an American Family]]'', as the birthplace of Haley's ancestor [[Kunta Kinte]].<ref name="haley">
{{cite book | last = Haley | first = Alex | title = Roots: The Saga of an American Family
| publisher = Doubleday | year = 1976 | location = New York
| page = 1
| isbn = 0385037872
| edition = 1st }}
</ref> After the publication of ''Roots'', Jufureh became a significant tourist destination. This led to economic benefits for the town, including the construction of an elementary school, a new market aimed at tourists, and improved roads.<ref name="wright">
{{cite book | last = Wright | first = Donald | title = The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia
| publisher = M.E. Sharpe | year = 2010 | location = Armonk, New York
| pages = 203
| isbn = 978-0-7656-2483-3
| edition = 3rd }}
</ref>
==History==
In 1651 a small plot of land from the village was leased by [[Jacob Kettler]], the [[Duke of Courland]], from the king of [[Kombo]], as part of the [[Couronian colonization]] of Africa.<ref>{{Cite book
| last1 = Hughes
| first1 = Arnold
| last2 = Perfect
| first2 = David
| title = Historical Dictionary of The Gambia
| publisher = [[Scarecrow Press]]
| year = 2008
| location = Plymouth, United Kingdom
| pages = 43–44
| isbn = 978-0-8108-5825-1}}
</ref>
Jufureh was a part of the [[Kingdom of Niumi]] and by the 18th century the town had become an important centre of the [[Atlantic slave trade]].<ref>Quinn, Charlotte A. (October 1968). "Niumi: A Nineteenth-Century Mandingo Kingdom". ''Africa: Journal of the International African Institute''. 38 (4): 443–455.</ref> The Tall family of Jufureh traditionally held the position of ''falifo'' in the kingdom, and were responsible for collecting customs revenue from passing traders and adjudicating disputes.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wright |first=Donald R |date=1987 |title=The Epic of Kalefa Saane as a guide to the Nature of Precolonial Senegambian Society-and Vice Versa |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3171842.pdf |journal=  History in Africa|volume=14 |pages=287–309 [298] |doi=10.2307/3171842 |jstor=3171842 |s2cid=162851641 }}</ref>
The town took part in the [[Marabout]] revolt launched in the 1860s against the Niumi king Buntung Jamme and as a result the town was razed by the royal forces.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
Demographically, the predominant religion in the village is [[Islam]]. In 1999, a [[mosque]] and school, the Alex Haley Mosque and School Complex, was opened in Jufureh, where Haley traced back his ancestry through genealogical research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finalcall.com/international/1999/haley-mosque7-13-99.htm|title=Alex Haley Mosque opens|work=The Final Call|date=July 13, 1999}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.accessgambia.com/information/jufure-village.html Jufureh photos, Information & Roots Story]
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