Gambia Countdown: One Month! NotRebecca 1/07/2013 07:25:00 pm With one month to go until I go to Gambia, it seemed appropriate to start a countdown- a new Gambia fact for each day! :) Gambian independence day is February 18th; this was initially in 1965, when they became independent from Britain. Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook