10 Dalasis 1992 Papal Visit

Pope John Paul II visited The Gambia in February 1992 as part of a broader African tour that also took him to Senegal, Guinea, and Sierra Leone — one of his many pastoral visits to sub-Saharan Africa during a pontificate defined, in part, by direct engagement with majority-Muslim nations. The Gambia is approximately 90% Muslim, making the visit diplomatically notable and the commemorative issue an unusual artifact of interfaith state relations.