BRIKAMA

town, administrative headquarters of the Western division of The Gambia, on the road from Banjul (formerly Bathurst) to Mansa Konko. An agricultural trade centre (peanuts [groundnuts] and palm oil and kernels) among the Muslim Malinke (Mandingo) and Dyola (Diola or Jola) peoples, it is also the focus for the nation's incipient forest industry (teak and gmelina). There is an ice-making plant and an agricultural college. Pop. (1973) 9,483.