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— ca. 1335 (under the name Sine, previously the Sine was divided under seven main kingdoms or lamanats using the title Medieval | |
• Established | — ca. 1335 (under the name Sine, previously the Sine was divided under seven main kingdoms or lamanats using the title Lamane or Maad. |
• Disestablished | — 1969 (monarchy reinstated on 8 February 2019 with the cronwing of Maad a Sinig Niokhobaye Fatou Diène Diouf–as King of Sine (Maad a Sinig).[1][2][3][4] |
The Kingdom of Sine (or Siin in
History
The history of Sine, which has been inhabited by the Serer people for centuries, can be divided into three main Serer historic periods (see below). For the
At the time of the Serer lamans, Sine was not called Sine. Instead, the Sine was divided into seven lamanic states ruled by lamans, namely: Njafaj; Ña-UI; Joral; Ngohe-Pofin; Hiréna (west of Sine at the Petite Côte); and Singandum — which covers the two banks of the Sine valley.[6][7] Charles Becker and Victor Martin's paper on the settlement of Sine prior to the Guelowar period (c. 1350 – 3 August 1969,[8][9] and from 8 February 2019 – present, following the coronation of the current King of Sine Niokhobaye Fatou Diène Diouf[2][1]), posits that, Sine had about sixty villages and all these villages were governed by the lamans.[6] Niokhobaye Diouf notes that, just before the Guelowar's arrival in Sine, there were three notable rulers using the Serer title laman[10] (Seereer proper: laamaan, abbreviated to the Serer vocable lam — meaning to inherit[11]). They were:
- Lam Sango, sometimes called Diarno Diouala (or Jarno Jouala), residing in Palmarin
- Lam Diémé Fadial (or Lamaan Jame Faajaal), residing in Fadial (Faajaal in Serer)
- Lam Wal Satim Ndok, residing in Ndok (east of current Sine)[10]
These leaders had successors after Maissa Wali (the first Guelowar king) ascended the throne. However, their power and influence waned.[10]
The Wagadous were a 9th century[12] maternal dynasty of Soninke origin, and offshoots of the Ghana Empire[13] that ruled much of Senegal including Takrur by marrying into Serer lamanic families, notably the Joof,[12][14][15] Ngom,[14][15] and later the Njie family, especially in Baol,[12][14][15] amongst other notable families and long before the Faal dynasty of Cayor and Baol in the 16th century—who succeeded the Joof, Ngom and Njie patriclans.[14][15][13] The patriarch of the Faal paternal dynasty of Cayor and Baol, Damel–Teigne Amari Ngoneh Sobel Faal was the maternal grandson of Lingeer Sobel Joof (mother of Lingeer Ngoneh Sobel Njie, Amari's mother). The Princess Sobel Joof originated from the Joof royal family of Lambaye (the precolonial capital of Baol), and was of Wagadou matrilineage, and so was her grandson Amari.[16] She was a descendant of Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof via the Yungari Ndaah Joof branch. The Faal family simply continued the old dynasty through marriage. The collapse of the Lamanic Era, and to a greater extent the Wagadou Era, coincided with the arrival of the Guelowars in the 14th century (c. 1335).[17][18] The Wagadous continued to rule in Baol as the reigning maternal dynasty in that country, although they did receive competition from other emerging matriclans vying for power, and by the time the Damel-Teigne Lat Sukabe Ngoneh Jaye Faal came on the throne in the 18th century, they completely lost power. Lat Sukabe enforced his own matriclan (Geej). In the Sine (and later in Saloum), their demise was a result of the Guelowar's arrival where Serer lamanic families formed marriage alliance with the Guelowars.[18][19]
The Wagadous are still found in Serer country, though they have lost their power and dominance post-Guelowar. They now tend to
The lamanic families did maintain their lands, wealth and titles, though they did lose power with the establishment of a new order. There is a difference between lamans pre-Guelowar and lamans post Guelowar. The former had real powers and wealth, were heads of their states, and were the guardians custodians of Serer spirituality (A ƭat Roog). The latter kept their wealth and titles but were merely provincial chiefs. However, due to their connection to Serer religion, they did maintain some power, and could dethrone a reigning monarch if threatened.[27][28][29] Some of the notable Serer lamanic families included the Sarr family, the Joof family, the Ngom family, etc. These lamanic families formed a great council (the Great Council of Lamans[30][31][32]) to settle disputes.[33] It was similar to a higher court where the lamans sat to hear or disputes brought in front of them so they could pass judgement. It was the last resort if a laman from another part of Serer country could not decide on a case brought before him or the complainant was not satisfied with the judgment and needed their dispute to be decided by the Great Council of Lamans.[30][31][32] This Council would elect one of their own as head of the Council. During the Guelowars' arrival in Sine, it was Lamaan Jame Ngom of Faajaal, a member of the Ngom family who was the figure head. He was the one who crowned Maysa Wali, the first Guelowar to rule in Serer country, and spoke the proclamation words or crowning speech to him so he could repeat it during his coronation ceremony. Lamaan Jame Ngom was renowned for organising Serer wrestling tournaments in his country (Faajaal). It was through those tournaments that the patriarch of the Faye family, the "great Serer wrestler" Boukar Djillakh Faye demonstrated his skills and was given the hand of a princess in marriage.[34][35]
It was during the Guelowar Era when Sine was named "Sine", named after Sine-o-Méo Manneh (Serer proper: Siin o Meo Maane), sister of Maysa Wali Manneh (the one who named it after his sister[36]).[36]
Serer of Takrur Migration
The Serer ethnic group are very diverse, and include the Serer Seex (pronounced Seh or Seeh); subgroups of the Seex with their various dialects of Serer proper; and the Cangin speaking Serers; who as a group in precolonial times, saw the entire Senegambia region as their home, as noted by the Tanzanian historian and author Godfrey Mwakikagile, who writes:
- ...the Serer traversed vast expanses of territory during pre-colonial times and saw the entire region [the Senegambia region] as their home, as their history of migration in the area clearly shows.[37]
In the 11th century, the native Serers of ancient
- Finally we should remember the important relic call Sereer in Fouta, but also in the former countries of the Ferlo, Jolof and Kajoor, which marked the migration of proto-Sereer, whose imprint on the Fouta was so significant and remains in the memory of the Halpulaareen [speakers of the Pulaar language such as Fula and Toucouleur people].[50]
According to the historian David Galvan, "The oral historical record, written accounts by early Arab and European explorers, and physical anthropological evidence suggest that the various Serer peoples migrated south from the
Founding of Sine and the Jolof Empire
The actual foundation of the Kingdom of Sine is unclear, but in the 13th or 14th century Mandinka migrants entered the area from the southeast. They were led by a matrilinial clan known as the Gelwar. Near Niakhar they encountered the Serer, who had already established a system of lamanic authorities, and joined to create a Gelwaar-led state with its capital at or near a Serer lamanic estate at Mbissel.[51]: p.54 [52][53]
Father Henry Gravrand reports an oral tradition that one Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh fleeing with his family from Kaabu following a battle in 1335 which he calls the Battle of Troubang.[54]
The
- "Maysa Waly was first appointed legal adviser to the Council of the Great Lamans after his famous judgment. Gradually, he strengthened his power and authority and ended up being recognized as king."[33]
Charles Becker notes that Gravrand had not recognised that this is actually a description of the 1867 (or 1865) Battle of Kansala although he agrees that the migration of the Guelowar can probably be explained by a war or a conflict of succession.[58] The Mandinka term "troubang" mean "genocide" ; "to wipe out"; or "to annihilate" a family, clan, or people.[59][60][61] In essence, alluding to the defeat (whether through war or conflict) of the Guelowars by the reigning Ñaanco dynasty of Kaabu and/or were forced to leave—which historians pretty much agree on, culminating in the refuge status of the former.[59][61][62] Serer oral history says that after Maysa Wali assimilated into Serer culture and served as legal advisor to the laman council of electors.[63] He was chosen by the lamans and people to rule.[63] He served as King of Sine from c. 1350-1370.
Almost a decade after his coronation, Maysa Wali elected the legendary
Middle Ages
Mbegane Ndour was the king of Sine around the turn of the 16th century (approx. 1495-1514 [citation needed]). Lilyan Kesteloot and Anja Veirman advanced the claim that, Mbegane defeated the Takruri marabout Moussa Eli Bana Sall, who at that time reigned over Saloum, by poisoning him with a viper.[74]: 87 The authors then went on to claim that, Mbegane Ndour was born of the matrilineal royal clan, but out of wedlock and with a relatively unimportant father. His marriage, they claim, with a princess and priestess of Baol propped up his legitimacy as well as helping him conquer Saloum.[74]: 89
The precolonial kingdoms of modern Senegal, whether they are Serer Kingdoms, Wolof, Fula, Mandinka, Jola, Toucouleur, etc., do not have a history of producing kings or queens born out of wedlock.[75] The reverse is true amongst many of Europe's royal families, which have produced many "royal bastards" throughout European dynastic history.[76]
Portuguese explorers in the 15th century referred to Sine as the kingdom of Barbaçim, a corruption of 'Bur-ba-Sine' (Wolof for 'King of Sine'), and its people as Barbacins (a term frequently extended by early writers to Serer people generally, while others insisted that Serreos and Barbacins were completely distinct peoples.) Old European maps frequently denote the Saloum River as the "River of Barbacins/Barbecins".[77] Alvise Cadamosto, a 15th-century Venetian navigator, slave trader, and chronicler, mistakenly distinguished between the "Sereri" (Serer people) and the "Barbacini", which seems to indicate that he was referring to two different people when in fact, the Kingdom of Sine was a Serer Kingdom where the "King of Sine" ("Barbacini") i.e., Maad a Sinig took residence.[78][79] Alvise Cadamosto never set foot in Serer country.[79] Everything he wrote about the Serer actually came from his Wolof interpreters.[79]
19th Century and Colonialism
Like most of their subjects in the 19th century, the Serer
The rulers of Sine retained their title (
Post Colonialism
In 2019, the Serer people of Sine decided to reinstate their monarchy, and
The Serer Kingdom of Saloum also reinstated their monarchy in 2017 culminating in the contentious coronation of King of Saloum Thierno Coumba Daga Ndao on 21 May 2017 at Kahone (the precolonial capital of Saloum).[88] He is the maternal uncle of the current King of Sine Niokhobaye Fatou Diène Diouf.[87]
Economy
The economic base of Sine was agriculture and fishing.
Social organisation
Some of the king's government (or the political structure of Sine) include: the Lamanes (provincial chiefs and title holders, not to be confused with the ancient Serer
Political structure of Sine
The following list gives a condensed version of the political structure of Sine:[91]
Maad a Sinig (king of Sine)
- Heir apprent
- Central hierachy
- Great Jaraaf (head of the noble council responsible for electing kings; he is the equivalent of prime minister)
- Great Farba Kaba (chief commander of the army)
- Farba mbinda (minister of finance)
- Lingeer (queen regnant/queen mother, head of the female court)—equivalent of minister for women, also judge cases relating to women))
- Royal entourage
- Paar no Maad (the chief griot of the king, who was very powerful and influential, usually very rich/financially well off due to their profession, knowledge, and master of speech), in Wolof kingdoms, they are referred to as buur geweel))
- Family
- Territorial command (the title holders)
- Lamane (holders of noble title and land)—they are the descendants of the ancient Serer lamaans (the lamanic families))
See also
- Serer people
- Kingdom of Saloum
- Biffeche
- History of Senegal
Notes
- ^ a b c Boursine.org (the official website of the Royal Institution of Sine), "Intronisation du Maad sinig Niokhobaye Diouf" (posted on 12 February 2020) [1] (retrieved: 27 March 2024)
- ^ a b c Actu Sen, "Intronisation du Roi “Maad a Sinig” de Diakhao : 51 ans après, le Sine restaure la couronne." By Matar Diouf (10 February 2020) [2] (retrieved: 27 March 2024)
- ^ a b c Le Quotidien, "Caravane de la paix : Les rois d’Oussouye et du Sine apôtres de la bonne parole." By Alioune Badara Ciss (27 May 2023) [3] (retrieved: 27 March 2024)
- ^ a b c The Point, "King of Madala Sinic [Maad a Sinig] visits Senegalese Embassy in Gambia." By Adama Jallow (23 May 2023).[4] (retrieved: 27 March 2024)
- ^ Martin A. Klein, Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914, Edinburgh University Press (1968). p 7
- ^ a b Ngom, Biram, "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin." Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1987, p. 7-8
- ISBN 2-7236-0877-8
- ^ Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum." Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, BIFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3–4, 1986–1987, p. 238 (PDF)
- ISBN 2-7236-0868-9
- ^ a b c Diouf, Niokhobaye, p. 705-6
- ISBN 9782747589079
- ^ ISBN 2-86537-143-3
- ^ a b Kesteloot, Lilyan; Veirman, Anja; "Le mboosé: mythe de fondation et génie protecteur de Kaolack." IFAN (2007), p. 43
- ^ ISBN 0-8108-1369-6
- ^ a b c d Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. "Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire." Volume 38. IFAN (1976), pp 557-504.
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- ^ Sarr, Alioune. "Histoire du Sine-Saloum." Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, BIFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3–4, 1986–1987, p. 235-6 (PDF)
- ^ a b c Ngom, Biram, "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin." Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1987, p 13
- ^ a b Galvan, Dennis Charles, "The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal." Berkeley, University of California Press (2004), p. 54 [5] (retrieved 28 March 2024)
- ^ "Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire: Sciences humaines, Volume 45", Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire, IFAN (1983), pp 387–401
- ISBN 2723608778
- ^ a b c Kesteloot, Lilyan; Veirman, Anja; "Le mboosé: mythe de fondation et génie protecteur de Kaolack." IFAN (2007), p. 37
- ISBN 9782865379040 [6](retrieved 29 March 2024)
- ^ Kesteloot, Lilyan, Veirman, Anja, "Le mboosé: mythe de fondation et génie protecteur de Kaolack", IFAN (2006), p 36
- ^ Gravrand, "Cosaan", p 200
- ISBN 2-7236-1055-1
- ^ Ngom, Biram Éthiopiques (revue), numéro 54, nouvelle série, vol. 7, semestre 1991
- ISBN 978-2-296-04384-8)
- ^ Galvan, Dennis Charles. "The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal." Berkeley, University of California Press (2004) pp 53, 185
- ^ a b Ngom, Biram (comprising notes of Babacar Sédikh Diouf): "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin", Université de Dakar, Dakar (1987), pp. 13, 17
- ^ a b Gravrand, Henry, "Pangool." p. 16
- ^ a b Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer, "Revue francaise d'histoire d'outre-mer, Volume 68." 1982, pp. 382-3
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- ^ Becker, Charles, Vestiges historiques, témoins matériels du passé dans les pays sereer, CNRS-ORSTOM, Dakar, 1993, p. 8
- ^ Ngom, Biram (comprising notes of Babacar Sédikh Diouf): "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin", Université de Dakar, Dakar (1987), pp. 10-12 (PDF)
- ^ a b Sarr, Alioune. "Histoire du Sine-Saloum." Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, BIFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3–4, 1986–1987, p. 239 (PDF)
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- ^ ISBN 0-8108-1369-6
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- ISBN 2-86537-143-3
- ^ a b Becker, Charles, "Vestiges historiques, témoins matériels du passé dans les pays sereer." CNRS-ORSTOM, Dakar, (1993), p. 2
- ^ ISBN 9004251154
- ^ a b Diop, Abdoulaye Bara, "Le tenure foncière en milieu rural Wolof (Sénégal): Historique et actualité." Notes Africaines, no. 118, (April 1968), IFAN, Dakar, pp. 48–52
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- ^ a b Becker, Charles, Vestiges historiques, témoins matériels du passé dans les pays sereer, CNRS-ORSTOM, Dakar, 1993), p. 4
- ^ a b c Galvan, Dennis Charles, The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal Berkeley, University of California Press, 2004 p.51
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- ^ Becker, Charles, "Vestiges historiques, trémoins matériels du passé clans les pays sereer". Dakar (1993). CNRS – ORS TO M
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- ^ a b Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire, "Bulletin de L'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire: Sciences humaines. Série B." IFAN (1972), p. 747
- ^ "Présence africaine, Issue 5." Editions du Seuil, p. 836
- ^ a b Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum." Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, BIFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3–4, 1986–1987, p. 236 (PDF)
- ^ Ngom, Biram, "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin." Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1987, p. 5
- ^ a b Ngom, Biram : "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin", Université de Dakar, Dakar, 1987, p 69
- ^ a b c Diop, Cheikh Anta, & Modum, Egbuna P., "Towards the African renaissance: essays in African culture & development", 1946–1960, p. 28
- ^ Charles, Eunice A. Precolonial Senegal: the Jolof Kingdom, 1800–1890. African Studies Center, Boston University, 1977. p 3
- ISBN 1741048214)
- ^ a b Research in African literatures, Volume 37. University of Texas at Austin. African and Afro-American Studies and Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, p 8. African and Afro-American Studies and Research Center, University of Texas (at Austin) (2006)
- ^ Diouf, Niokhobaye. Chronique du royaume du Sine par suivie de Notes sur les traditions orales et les sources écrites concernant le royaume du Sine par Charles Becker et Victor Martin. Bulletin de l'Ifan, Tome 34, Série B, n° 4, 1972. p. 706
- ^ Diouf, Sylviane, Servants of Allah: African Muslims enslaved in the Americas (New York: New York University Press, 1998), 19
- ^ a b Charles, Eunice A., "Precolonial Senegal: The Jolof Kingdom, 1800–1890", Boston University, "African Studies Program, African Research Studies, Issues 12-14", (1977), p. 3
- ISBN 9780966020113 [9]
- ISBN 9780905838434 - [10](retrieved 11 April 2024)
- ISBN 9781139443982
- ^ ISBN 978-2-86537-904-0.
- ISBN 9780896800847
- ISBN 9780971196681(the entire book is dedicated to the "royal bastards" of Europe).
- ^ Teixeira da Mota (1946: Pt. 1, p.58). For a detailed 16th-century Portuguese description of the Kingdom of Sine, see Almada (1594: Ch.2)
- ^ Boulègue, Jean. Le Grand Jolof, (XVIIIe – XVIe Siècle). (Paris, Edition Façades), Karthala (1987), p 16
- ^ a b c *
- ^ a b Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum." Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, BIFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3-4, 1986–1987. pp 37-39
- ^ Dispatch 175, March 23, 1863, CO 87/76, TNA, Kew. [in] Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal, Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914," Edinburgh University Press (1968).
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- ISBN 9780195382075 [12](retrieved 12 April 2024)
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- ^ Klein, Martin A. Islam and Imperialism in Senegal, Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914, Edinburgh University Press (1968). p. X
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