Round 2: Tossup 15

A town along this river called Albadarr is home to the “Never Again” statue, which faces an island renamed from James Island to honour an American TV character. (15[1])Navigation of this river is troubled by the Barra Kunda Falls. The source of this river is just a few kilometers from the source of the Komba River in the northern part of the Fouta Djallon. This river (-5[1])makes up the eastern border of a region home to the (*) Jola people. Apocryphally, a pair of national borders were established by the range of cannon fire from British ships sailing on this river. The northern border of the Casamance region is found just (-5[1])south (10[1])of this river, which names an English-speaking country located south of the lands of the Wolof. For 10 points, the city of Banjul is at the mouth (-5[1])of what river, which names a country surrounded by Senegal? ■END■ (10[3])

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