I REGRET MOVING TO THE GAMBIA! | Mental Health, Getting Married, Friendships | CHITCHAT + Q&A 🇬🇲

[@blackhannahofficial]

In my opinion, your father's vision for his family was for your Best Interest. And his TIMING was spot-on 👍🏾 If you came back here, you would't even recognize it. Nothing has been the same since COVID. Glad to see you doing well 😊

[@rickidenise]

So I’ve heard..smh. Thank you so much for the support❤ I appreciate the love

[@ishaw9894]

Y’all left the states just in time!!! Your father and mother are very smart people and plus with your dad having a military background he know some things. The best thing to do for us POC is to have multiple forms of incomes, be well educated in various different fields, know multiple languages, be well traveled and invest into properties not only in the states but over seas as well. I am working towards that. U.S.A is not the end all be all. I love it here and it will always be home but I have always imagined myself living bicoastal

[@rickidenise]

I second this! 😊❤ thank you for watching and for sharing such lovely advice. It’s well appreciated. ✨

[@jms211]

You have maturity beyond your years! Great film. I love your channel. ❤

[@rickidenise]

Aww thank you for the love ❤😊

[@modoulaminblackman9785]

I agree with you Fajara Beach is my favorite Beach as well, I love Fajara area in general

[@rickidenise]

Love ittt😊❤

[@kamso9269]

I am so proud how you are thriving and glowing! Thank God you have found peace and joy in little things and simplicity. God bless you and your family.❤🙏🏽💐

[@kemi1486]

You have so much resilience 👏🏾. That’s a huge life lesson that will give you the confidence to achieve anything you want. Many blessings on your journey through this life.

[@rickidenise]

Thank you sooo much. 🥹❤️

[@apriljackson5304]

Life coach Rickeyta❣️🥰💯👏🏼❤️‍🔥🙌🏼

[@rickidenise]

Lol I try 😂❤ thanks for watching 😊😊

[@phyliciajoykloes]

Aw, Rickeyta, this is such a lovely video! 🙂 Thank you for the shout-out and answering all the questions! Haha, your Q&A felt like hanging out. 🥳 Mango season in the Gambia is a-maaaa-zing! And I definitely have to try out that pizza place. I like your taste in music! Looking forward to your next video! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@rickidenise]

Hahah thank you Phylicia!! ❤😊😊

[@contrastmedia1]

Your accent has changed! Lol this has been so beautiful to watch! I always note your character becoming less and less American ❤

[@HadiaDiallo]

Great advice on the mental health and friendship questions. You should do more sit down topic videos.

[@rickidenise]

Thank you so much. I’ll be sure to do more! I can see you guys really love it. Anything in particular you’d like me to talk about? ✨

[@queenjatta2434]

Yes🎉Fish & Spaghetti. Stay well beautiful💛

[@vernettmathis2729]

It doesn't matter where ever you live . It's always some BS. No matter where you live. Always something.

[@astanielsen5391]

You mentioned there’s things you love and don’t like as much about Gambia. Can you list which things you love about the gambia and which things you like less? Watching from Denmark and enjoying your videos a lot 🥰

[@rickidenise]

I did a video like this already discussing my pros and cons! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6emf5mPrd56frMsi=eAzXDjDO0SnwccSA But i think I need to do an updated one!🤔

[@kamso9269]

Happy Birthday to you when you celebrate 🎉🎉❤🙏🏽💖💐💃🏼

[@kennyblack1998]

Happy birthday to you beautiful ❤ hope you enjoy it

[@PrinceCity007]

I luv that NECKLACE 😀

[@theundauntedsistahood7641]

Love the necklace

[@rickidenise]

Thank you guysss❤

[@gabrielleburnett2465]

I love youuuu❤️❤️😍thanks for the upload🩷 love seeing Ricki Denise pop up. 🥳Happy birthday month Sister!💕💓

[@rickidenise]

Thank you sis❤❤❤ I love you! 😊

[@kebbasda]

My bother works for the department of agriculture and just last month they only received half of their pay… Gambia is a beautiful country just last year we bought land working on our plan B. America is falling fast! Thank God for dual citizenship.

[@yassinjallow4264]

yesss a new video EVERYDAY this month!?! can’t wait ❤❤❤ p.s. love your jewelry with your outfit! suits you so well 🥰😍

[@rickidenise]

Thanks boo😊😊❤

[@lydiareece6280]

I love your Chain with the African Pendant 💕💕💕🇧🇧🇨🇦

[@rickidenise]

Thank youu❤😊

[@whysoserious918]

Hi Ricki, I have seen a few content creators like HAMAMAT (Ghana) and Angella Summer Namubiru(Uganda) showing things like cooking in nature and stuff, this stuff is really popular now. Maybe you can also try this content in Gambia :) Love ur channel btw

[@rickidenise]

Yes I see!🥹❤️ you know what! I have plans of starting the cooking classes back up with Mariama, so I’ll see what we can do that’s similar to that! Thank you ✨✨

[@gfirm456]

Great video, I have a question if I may… Have you picked up on any of the languages spoken in The Gambia.

[@IAM-ii4nq]

She doesn’t speak Gambian languages. I think her interaction with locals is limited

[@modoulaminblackman9785]

​@@IAM-ii4nqsha actually has lots of Gambian friends I've been following her channel since day one

[@hassshoban8206]

​@@modoulaminblackman9785 she mixes with upper class Gambians and foreigners.

[@rickidenise]

Yes, definitely wolof! I definitely understand it alot more than when I first moved here. I learn more & more everyday ❤

[@rickidenise]

@@IAM-ii4nqyou must be new to my channel 😂

[@tfh5575]

happy belated birthday

[@latoyajames8909]

Hi! New to your channel. I met a really nice Gamibian and am visiting in December. I’m from the south and my biggest fear is not having my bad American food 🤦🏾‍♀️. I’m a sad case haha. Anyway thanks for your content.

[@LHicks940]

Happy Friday Ricki 💜👋🏾

[@rickidenise]

❤❤😊

[@silibazisomoyo2499]

Happy October Ricki, we love you xx

[@rickidenise]

❤❤❤😊

[@bcm5679]

Powerful insights, Ricki

[@rickidenise]

Thank youu❤

[@morliaturay2258]

Blessings Queen You are a real African now

[@rickidenise]

Thank you for watching ❤❤

[@tj4star]

You are wise much love!

[@rickidenise]

Aww thanks so much. ❤😊

[@doglasnjies12]

A lot of good people out there ready to be friends and help you get along, know how things work there

[@rickidenise]

Yup! 😊

[@WesleyBleen-bu7zp]

I watch you grow up pretty good .

[@EBNiiJi]

Happy birthday. I'm late though

[@lyndaroane3936]

Love Paradiso

[@gabrielleburnett2465]

Im sorry, no fish with spaghetti. Imma still eat it though especially if your mom made it 🤪😋

[@rickidenise]

😂😂😂❤

[@kantehkara1957]

many greetings to you Kiki, great topics good story hoping to hear more from you, would you marry a Gambian who loves you so much, however living abroad?...

[@rickidenise]

Thank you so much for watching!! ❤😊

[@godmvskvisions8831]

Have a few questions: How much do you recommend an American to save before they move to Gambia and live comfortably? Is it hard for Americans to find a job that pays decently enough to sustain being in The Gambia? What are some of the average jobs available? Do you have to worry about xenophobia ? How fluent are you in wolof? What are the challenges with the language?

[@NiceIsBetter]

In my advice I would recommend that you visit many different parts of Africa before deciding to relocate. Also, Africa is not the type of place to go looking for work. There are very few jobs there😢💯.

[@Chosenones572]

Great questions! I hope I'm able to hear her response to them

[@Chosenones572]

​@@NiceIsBetterI think u are right. Everyone that I know that has moved to an African country has visited and made the money and plans to have their own business. My uncle used to visit Ghana once or twice a year for 5 years before he built a hotel. It's beautiful 💕

[@fionapearson3284]

Are you intending to live there permanently? Probably about $250,000 would be my estimate. Most people in the Gambia seem to be self-employed or perhaps more accurately under-employed. I don't think that many have a stable salaried position or manage to work full time hours - especially out of tourist season. I struggle to believe the quoted average salary of 15,900 Dalasi a month! 5,000 Dalasi seems much more reasonable (although still higher than most self-employed). For some context I found a report in 'Gambian' that the 2020 salary for a police constable was about 3,500 Dalasi a month. 'Freedom newspaper' gave the 2024 salary as less than 5,000 Dalasi. A 2021 report gave the monthly salaries for the civil service as between 1241 Dalasi (Grade 1) and 9,318 Dalasi (Grade 12). The July 2024 figure for the Commissioner of Police (Grade 12) was 204,438 Dalasi per year according to 'Whats on Gambia'. You are unlikely to find a decent paying local job. Can you work remotely (digital nomad)? It costs a lot in local terms to live a western style life in the Gambia, for example the cake Ricki bought in the recent video was 3,800 Dalasi. Check out some of her other videos for rental examples/costs.

[@edithmoore5742]

Have you been back to the states?

[@CarlaRFowler]

4:29 I currently live in Clarksville Tennessee!!!

[@rickidenise]

Oh wow!! Small world 🥹✨

[@gabrielleburnett2465]

I can’t believe its already been so long since the move. 🥹🩷 I remember all the old times

[@rickidenise]

I swearrr😭❤️

[@CheyenneBeasley-mc3mf]

Are you and your bestie that visited still friends?

[@MrRob1317]

Haven't watched in a while, just getting back to watching your parent's content as well. 2yrs removed

[@theundauntedsistahood7641]

Cute earrings

[@rickidenise]

Aww thanks sis! ❤

[@contrastmedia1]

Is your sister still in Gambia or did she go back?

[@inmyownheadspace49]

Happy early birthday to everybody 🎊 🎉 🙌🏽 I hope you can collaborate with your fave pizza place like yes #sponsor I would love to see whatever you wanna put out! #60kbynewyearsday ✨

[@FatimahjokoCamara]

Hiiii first ❤

[@rickidenise]

Heyyy❤

[@FatimahjokoCamara]

Hi ricki am such a big fan I took all my family’s phone and subscribed to u love you so much ❤❤❤❤❤

[@rickidenise]

@@FatimahjokoCamaraI love thattt 🥹❤️❤️

[@jackiejones6078]

Hello 👋🏾 From Conway Arkansas and I hope all is well with you and family in Jesus Christ Name Amen 🙏🏾 I just purchased land in Gambia and plan to build something soon by God Willing 🙌🏾❤️

[@survivalchic11]

That's so cool. I purchased land too in the Gambia :) I look forward to building soon as well.

[@klaw1425]

May Almighty Allah bless you abundantly amen and make it easy for you to visit the mother land amen

[@StayHumble577]

Take your false god and be gone pagan

[@rickidenise]

Wishing you all the best❤❤❤ thank you so much.

[@rickidenise]

@@survivalchic11best of luck! ❤❤😊

[@theundauntedsistahood7641]

I have 2 Girl friends for over 30 years now ❤

[@rickidenise]

Love that❤❤ sisterhood is so important ✨

[@Chel_olu]

Would you have liked the US uni life experience?

[@rickidenise]

I can’t say.. 🤨 I always used to fantasize about it, only because of what I would see in the media.. the romanticized version of it - parties, sororities, all the fun stuff. Lol. And my friends stories sounded so exciting.. But it just never seemed that necessary for me to go to college..and I still stand by that. So many people I know who went to uni, are currently in debt, and some who I know who have graduated are struggling to find a job, and/or the jobs they ended up with have no relation to the degrees they got. So it seems in some cases, college is lowkey a scam..

[@Chel_olu]

@@rickidenise I get it totally. College for me was rewarding. But that’s mainly because I went to community college and used my degree. There are degrees that people can seek that have better job outlooks. It’s just about doing research and knowing what you want out of college and career life.

[@Sw1ftCl0ud]

I would rather live in Arkansas than Gambia....easy.

[@Sw1ftCl0ud]

.15 cents an hour is wild.

[@justinathompsonkinteh6485]

Wow Libra babies like me my birthday 10/2

[@justinathompsonkinteh6485]

Happy Birthday to you and The Bag Tribe

[@rickidenise]

Yesss❤😊 and a happy belated birthday to you! Libras are the best!!

[@lonnirenee7645]

Nice Vlog

[@rickidenise]

Thank you Lonni! ❤😊

[@ThiernoDia-l8c]

❤❤❤

[@rickidenise]

🤭✨

[@muhammedcham6472]

Telling a Gambian to go visit a therapist 😂

[@rickidenise]

It sounds very foreign.. trust me i get it.. however, i do know of some Gambians who’ve actually gone to therapists here. You do what helps you..it could save your life. You might laugh, but until you’re in the position where you feel like there’s no one else to talk to, things like this could really save your life. Especially if there’s not anyone in your family or friends you can tell your problems to without judgement. That’s just my opinion 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@cedricmilliner123]

Hey Greetings Mz,Ricki Denise* ⚘️ How R, U, B-Day Month Family" Blessings!!! To Every1' Safe Traveling Take Good Care" of Urself 1LUV ❤Enjoy Peace ✌🏿 🌍

[@rickidenise]

heyyy😊❤ thanks for watching and showing love!!

[@darkgenix]

i went to my friend house when i was a kid and his mom made the spaghetti with the noodles and sauce on top. i was like...what the hell? my mom made it the black way. i'm also a sucker for spaghetti. i be eating whole pots by myself.

[@rickidenise]

😂😂❤ yep!