Henry Gravrand

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Father Henry Gravrand
Born
Henry Gravrand

1921
France
Died11 July 2003
Abbey of
Serer ancient history
Notable workLa civilisation sereer

Father Henry Gravrand (France, 1921 – Abbey of

Guinea Bissau.[7][8] According to Charles Becker, Gravrand is confusing a description of the 1867 (or 1865) Battle of Kansala.[9]

Biography

First

evangelization of some of the Serer community, but also studied the history, religion and culture of the Serer people and became one of the leading scholars of Serer religion and culture.[11][12]

In 1955, Gravrand created the Union of farmers of Sine, affiliated to the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC), which gave the farmers training enabling them to defend their own interests.[13]

Gravrand was a specialist on

Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.[1]

In October 1970, Gravrand was appointed parish priest of M'Bour and Dean of the Petite Côte.[15]

The year 1987 marked the

Blessed Charbel (Saint Charbel – a 19th century Lebanese Maronite monk).[16]

Gravrand took his solemn vows in 1990 and was sent to the Monastery of the Holy Saviour in Lebanon.[1] Gravrand died on 11 July 2003 at the Abbey of Latrun.

Selected publications

  • "Rites d'initiation et vie en société chez les Sérères du Sénégal", Afrique Documents, no.52, July–August 1960, pp. 129–144
  • "Visage africain de l'Église : une expérience au Sénégal", Orante, Paris, 1961, p. 287.
  • "À la rencontre des religions africaines", Ancora, Rome, 1969
  • "Le Lup Serer comparé au Ndoep des
    Présence africaine
    , Paris, 1972, pp. 237–243
  • "Le symbolisme Serer", Psychopathologie Africaine, vol. IX, no. 2, 1973, pp. 237–266
  • "Le Gabou dans les traditions orales du Ngabou", Éthiopiques (revue), no. 28, October 1981 [1] Archived 31 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • "L’héritage spirituel Sereer : valeur traditionnelle d'hier, d'aujourd'hui et de demain", Éthiopiques (revue), no. 31, 3e trimestre 1982 [2] Archived 1 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • La civilisation sereer, vol. I, "Cosaan", Nouvelles éditions africaines, Dakar, 1983
  • "Rites et symboles sereer face au sacré, Médiations africaines du sacré : célébration crematories et langage religieux", actes du 3e colloque international du ERA, Kinshasa [16–22 February 1986], Faculté de théologie catholique de Kinshasa, 1987, pp 125–143
  • La civilisation sereer, vol. II, "Pangool", Nouvelles éditions africaines, Dakar, 1990
  • "Fils de Saint-Bernard en Afrique : une fondation au Cameroun, 1950–1990", Beauchesne, Paris, 1990, p. 181

See also

  • Pangool
  • Roman Catholicism in Senegal

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Charbel Gravand – Babelio". www.babelio.com (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914", Edinburgh University Press (1968), pp x, 12–13, 92, 244, 248, 271
  3. ^ Crétois, Léonce; & Becker, Charles; "Le vocabulaire sereer de la faune", (Editor: Charles Becker), Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (1983), p. 24
  4. ISBN 2-86537-487-4
  5. ISBN 2-7475-8907-2
  6. ^ Papa Massène SENE, "À la découverte de la civilisation Sereer avec le R.P. Henry Gravrand" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Ethiopiques, no. 39, 4th quarter, 1984
  7. ISBN 0-7286-0003-X
  8. ISBN 0-521-20413-5
  9. ^ Sarr, Alioune, Histoire du Sine-Saloum (Sénégal) Introduction, bibliographie et notes par Charles Becker. 1986–87, p. 19
  10. Sénégal
    du milieu du XVe siècle à l'aube du troisième millénaire, Karthala, Paris, 2008, pp. 384–385
  11. ISBN 2-7236-1055-1
  12. ^ (in English) Martin A. Klein. Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914, Edinburgh at the University Press (1968). p x
  13. ^ J.-R. de Benoist, op. cit., p. 404
  14. ^ J.-R. de Benoist, op. cit., p. 407
  15. ^ J.-R. de Benoist, op. cit., p. 447
  16. ^ J.-R. de Benoist, op. cit., p. 434

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