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The select images below feature Ebou Manga, as well as members of his family and friends...
(Below) A note from Alex Haley to Ebou Manga's father, Alhaji Malick Manga (InRP founder, Malick's namesake), who was instrumental in Haley being connected to the original griot, that helped reveal Haley's original enslaved ancestor, Kunta Kinte. (Photo insert of MBE Manga, info on his MBE to right)
(Above) Ebou Manga and his wife, Velma Hendricks-Manga, who has Louisiana roots
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(Below) Ebou Manga at the graduation of his son, Malick, InRP's future founder
Ebou Manga at his graduation in the U.S., with special guest and family friend, Ambassador Ousman Sallah, The Gambia's first ambassador to both the U.S. and to the United Nations.
(Above) A letter to Ebou Manga from the diplomatic icon & family friend, Ambassador Charles W. Yost, who not only was part of the historic forming of the United Nations, but
was the U.S. Representative to the UN (aka "UN Ambassador") under Lyndon Johnson
from 1969-71.​​
(Below) Members of the diverse Manga Family at the "Manga Kunda"compound
in Banjul tor a family celebration.
(Above) Ebou Manga (2nd row) with professional colleagues.
(Right) Ebou's Hunt-Wesson ID,; a name tag for
an event at the University of California, Davis (renowned for its agricultural degree programs);
and an early passport
photo of Ebou's from the 1960s
(Above) Alhaji Malick Manga's businesscard as a Justice of the Peace, a highly revered appointed position in The Gambia.
(Below) Carrying the Manga family of being revered is InRP founder, Malick Manga's cousin, the recently appointed Most Reverend, Bannie E.F. Manga, Presiding Bishop of the Gambia for The Methodist Church.
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The Official announcement re: Queen Elizabeth II's MBE appointment of Ebou’s father & the grandfather of InRP founder, Malick Manga
Excerpt from the Hamilton College press release announcing that alumnus Ebou Manga will present Alex Haley his honorary doctorate.
Charles Yost (R) with Robert F. Kennedy (l) in 1962