Armitage High School

Classroom at Armitage High School

Armitage School is a school in the Gambia. It was established by Governor Cecil Hamilton Armitage in Georgetown in 1927. After World War II, the school became a postprimary boarding school.

Alumni of Armitage School include Sheriff Sisay, Sheriff Dibba and several other People's Progressive Party politicians of the 1960s and 1970s.[1]

See also

References

  1. Hughes, Arnold; Perfect, David, eds. (2008). "Armitage School". Historical Dictionary of The Gambia. African Historical Dictionaries 109. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 8–9.


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