Portal:Serer people
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The Serer people are an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. They make up the third largest ethnic group in Senegal and can also be found in the West. Their current population is over 1.8 million (2011). According to some scholars, they are among the oldest inhabitants of the Senegambia Region. The Serer group comprises the Sereer (the Serer people or Seex), Niominka, Ndut, Saafi, Noon, Laalaa and Palor. The Sereers are the most numerous among the Serer group. Although all the Serer group are ethnically Serers, some of this group do not speak the Serer language but speak Cangin languages. The Sereers speak the Serer language, and the Niominkas speak one of the dialects of the Serer language. The Serer precolonial Kingdoms included the : Kingdom of Sine, Kingdom of Saloum and Kingdom of Baol. The Kingdom of Baol was previously ruled by the Serer paternal dynasties such as the Joof family and the Wagadou maternal dynasty (Bagadou in Serer) at the time of the Ghana Empire. The Wagadou's were princesses from the Ghana Empire who married into the Serer noble families. These old Serer paternal noble clans descended from the ancient Lamanes (the old kings and landed gentry among the Serer noble classes). Traditionally, the Serers are landowners, mixed-farmers, fishermen and boat builders. Many of Senegal and Gambia's notable people come from this ethnic group. The famous Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour and the Gambian historian Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof are from this group. Although there are some Serers who are Christians or Muslims, many Serers adhere to Serer religion especially in the Sine area of Senegal. The Serers (and the Jolas) are the last to embrace Islam among the Senegambian ethnic groups and spent nearly a thousand years resisting Islamization. Serer medieval to 19th century history is characterized by resisting Islamization. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. The Battle of Logandème (18 May 1859) was a resistance by the Serer people of Sine led by their king - Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof (King of Sine), against French colonialism, led by Louis Faidherbe who was appointed governor of Senegal by the French government in Paris. The war took place at Logandème (in Fatick) which was part of the Serer pre-colonial Kingdom of Sine, now part of independent Senegal. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. _by_Erling_Mandelmann.jpg)
Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal (in office : 6 September 1960 – 31 December 1980). Succeeded by Abdou Diouf.
Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal. Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century. His father Basile Diogoye Senghor was a well-to-do businessman and a member of the bourgeois Serer tribe. He also had links to Serer royalty, a descendant of Prince Tukura Badiar Senghor from the Kingdom of Sine (c. 13th century). 
The Star of Yoonir, symbol of the Universe in Serer cosmology. Commonly known as the Star of Sirius.
The Serer religion, a ƭat Roog (the way of the Divine) is the original religious beliefs, practices and teachings of the Serer people. The Serers believe in a universal Supreme Deity called Rog (variation : Roog) also known as Rog Sene. Serer religious beliefs encompasses ancient chants and poems; veneration and offerings to the Serer Gods, Goddesses, Serer Saints and ancestral spirits (Pangool), astronomy, initiation rites, medicine cosmology and history of the Serer people. Rog is both everywhere and nowhere. That is why there is no house of Rog. The Serers pray to Rog (through intercessors), but do not make direct animal sacrifices to Rog. There is no heaven or hell in Serer religion. The immortality of the soul and reincarnation (ciiɗ in Serer language) is a strongly held belief in Serer religion. The Pangool - ancestral spirits of those who lived pure lives after they have passed on to the spirit world (Jaaniiw) are canonised as Holy Saints, and will be called upon and venerated, and have the power to intercede between the living and the Divine. Acceptance by the ancestors who have long departed and the ability to intercede with the Divine is as close to heaven after one passes over. Rejection by the ancestors and becoming a lost and wondering soul is as close to hell in Serer religion. Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header 2012 Calendar
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