A year after Gambia’s feared dictator, Yahya Jammeh, was kicked out of office and forced into exile, there is one tiny corner of the country that still calls him "President".
In his birthplace of Kanilai, a farming hamlet surrounded by boabab trees, locals remember him not for his secret police and torture chambers, but for the fame and prosperity he brought.
During his 22-year reign, his home village was transformed from an obscure backwater into a lavish presidential retreat. It boasted an opulent palace-cum-ranch, a zoo and tourist hotel, and an electricity supply that was the envy of neighbouring villages.
Today, though, the hotel is shut, and a brand-new mosque, which was under construction…
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