Genieri

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Genieri is a village in mid-central Gambia. It is located in Kiang East District in the Lower River Division. As of 2009, it has an estimated population of 694.{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-88 |title=Gambia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population |publisher=World Gazetteer |accessdate=January 3, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Located around 110 km from the capital of Banjul, Genieri is predominantly Mandinka.{{cite book|chapter=The Territory of Medical Research: Experimentation in Africa’s Smallest State|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279765/|title=Para-States and Medical Science: Making African Global Health|last1=Kelly|first1=Ann H.|display-authors=et al|editor=Paul Wenzel Geissler|year=2015|doi=10.1215/9780822376279|isbn=978-0-8223-7627-9|publisher=Duke University Press|pmid=25834890|s2cid=153417635 |accessdate=March 26, 2021}} According to the founding story of the village, Genieri was founded sometime in the early-to-mid 19th century by a man named Mamba Sanneh.{{harvnb|Haswell|1953|p=13}}

Genieri is twinned with Yate, a town in the United Kingdom, a link that arose in 1986 as an initiative by a group of students. Yate has been active in funding development in Genieri.{{cite web|url=http://www.yatetowncouncil.gov.uk/yate-community/yate-genieri-link/|title=Yate Genieri Link|website=Yate Town Council|accessdate=July 3, 2020|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227084855/http://www.yatetowncouncil.gov.uk/yate-community/yate-genieri-link/|url-status=dead}} In November 2018, the people of Genieri financed the development of a self-sufficient water source.{{cite web|url=https://www.afrik21.africa/en/gambia-genieri-people-self-finance-drinking-water-project/|title=Genieri people self-finance drinking water project|website=Afrik 21|first1=Jean Marie|last1=Takouleu|date=November 24, 2018|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} Genieri is home to a “Youth Skill Tailoring Centre”, opened in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201402242038.html|title=Genieri Youths Applaud President Jammeh - As New Youth's Tailoring Skill Centre Unveiled|website=All Africa|last1=Saliu|first1=Yunus S.|date=February 24, 2014|accessdate=July 8, 2020|via=The Daily Observer|location=Banjul}}

In 2018, Genieri was struck by a malaria epidemic, which killed an 18-year-old boy.{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/16985726.malaria-crisis-for-yates-link-town-genieri-in-gambia/|title=Malaria crisis for Yate's link town, Genieri, in Gambia|website=Gloucestershire Gazette|date=October 16, 2018|accessdate=July 3, 2020}} Genieri was able to afford treatment for all cases of Malaria thanks to a donation from Yate, though the village was still severely affected by it and was still recovering as of February 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/17425933.yate-genieri-link-group-give-update-on-future-of-village/|title=Yate-Genieri Link group give update on future of village|website=Gloucestershire Gazette|date=February 12, 2019|accessdate=July 8, 2020}} As of October 2020, Genieri had not been directly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but lockdowns imposed by the Gambian government had negatively impacted the town's economy by preventing villagers from commuting to nearby towns for work.{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/18804884.yate-man-skydives-raise-funds-genieri/|title=Yate man skydives to raise funds for Genieri|website=Gloucestershire Gazette|last1=Woodruff|first1=Leanne|date=October 19, 2020|accessdate=February 18, 2021}} The lockdown had also caused a severe food shortage.{{cite web|url=https://www.yateandsodburyvoice.co.uk/linked-village-needs-help-after-coronavirus-hits-food-supplies|title=Linked village needs help after coronavirus hits food supplies|website=Yate & Sodbury Voice|date=July 26, 2020|accessdate=March 26, 2021}}