 Gambia ine nhoroondo yakafanana nedzimwe nyika zhinji dzekuWest Africa mukutengeswa kwevaranda, kwaive chinhu chakakosha pakuiswa nekuchengetwa kwekoloni paRwizi rweGambia, kutanga nevaPutukezi, panguva iyo yaizivikanwa se A Gâmbia. Gare gare, musi wa 25 Chivabvu 1765, Gambia yakaitwa chikamu cheBritish Empire apo hurumende yakatora zviri pamutemo kutonga, ichisimbisa Gambia Colony uye Protectorate. Muna 1965, Gambia yakawana rusununguko ichitungamirirwa naDawda Jawara, uyo akatonga kusvikira Yahya Jammeh atora simba mukubvuta pasina ropa muna 1994. Adama Barrow akava mutungamiri wechitatu weGambia muna Ndira 2017, mushure mekukunda Jammeh musarudzo dzaDecember 2016. Pakutanga Jammeh akabvuma mhedzisiro, ndokuzoramba kuigamuchira, izvo zvakakonzera dambudziko remutemo uye kupindira kwemauto neEconomic Community yeWest Africa States, zvichikonzera kuti aende kuutapwa. 