Career
Pierre Sarr N'Jie (also Njie as more popularly spelt in the Gambia) was head of the United Party (UP). The United Party under Pierre Njie also was a phenomenal presence on the political scene in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It was, in fact, a more broad-based and popular party than the rival PPP had ever been leading up to independence.
But gradually the People's Progressive Party (PPP), led by Sir Dawda Jawara, soared in popularity and influence by focusing on the people in the rural areas, especially among the Gambia's largest ethnic group, the Mandinkas, of which Jawara was a member. The PPP established dominance in the hinterland and soon spread out in the colony areas.