- Always greet people
- You are free to ask questions and borrow things in the compound from neighbors, friends, etc.
- Dress appropriately if you want to visit a mosque
- Pay your bills regularly
- Get off the road when the police are escorting an important person
- Be on the right hand side of a road when looking for a taxi
- Giving gifts in cash or kind is not offensive
- Complain to parents when you are offended by a child
- Turn down beggars politely
- Separate your neighbors or friends when they are quarrelling or fighting
- Be with your family when there is a ceremony or funeral
- You can mediate without being asked when there is a problem between friends
- You can beg for some pepper, salt, or sugar from a neighbor
- Recognize your neighbor’s privacy rights
- You can drink from your neighbor’s water jar
- Gambians judge people by their friends and attitude
- You can discipline (whip) your brother’s child
- Avoid arguments about politics
- Tell your family or colleague first when you have a problem
- Do not greet people with your left hand
- Do not receive gifts with your left hand
- Don’t visit circumcision camps if you are not circumcised
- Do not swim during late hours
- Do not walk alone in isolated places during late hours
- Do not smell food in the presence of the giver
- Do not eat with your left hand
- Do not criticize people’s beliefs
- Do not visit shrines without permission
- Don’t get too close to people’s spouses
- Don’t bring alcohol to a Muslim compound
- Do not give gifts and later ask for them back
- Do not point at people
- Do not take photographs of shrines/sacred places without permission
- Do not openly talk about other people’s taboos especially in the rural areas
- Don’t display affection in public
- Do not tamper with people’s fruit trees or other property without permission
- Do not drink open well water during your stay in villages
- Do not enter a religious elder’s house with your shoes on or without permission
- Do not enter in someone’s house without knocking on the door first
- Do not give out your under wear for laundry