• Lebu society emphasizes piety and respect for elders. Lebu families include not only living people but also associated ancestral spirits. The Lebu are...
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    originated as the language of the Lebu people. It is the most widely spoken language in Senegal, spoken natively by the Wolof people (40% of the population) but...
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  • Biobio Region of Chile LEBU, acronym for Large Eddy Break Up Libu or Lebu, Egyptian term for the people of Libya Lebu people, a Senegalese ethnic group...
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    The Toucouleur people or Tukulor people (Arabic: توكولور, French: Toucouleur), also called Haalpulaar (Ajami: هَالْݒُلَارْ‎, Adlam: 𞤖𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤨𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪)...
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  • distinctiveness of the language was obscured by the fact that all Lebu people are bilingual in Wolof. Lebu Wolof is the source of standard Wolof, the national language...
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    Casamance region in the 14th century, assimilating the previous Bainuk people and their rice tradition. In colonial times, the Jola began to cultivate...
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    ISBN 1-59213-420-3 David P. Gamble. The Wolof of Senegambia: together with notes on the Lebu and the Serer, p77. International African Institute, 1957 Ali Colleen Neff...
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    Lebus (Polish: Lubusz) is a historic town in the Märkisch-Oderland District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is the administrative seat of Amt ("collective...
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    unusual downward-pointing star as symbolizing the Holy Spirit descending on people. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and others perpetuated the popularity of the...
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    house, the more courageous the owner is seen to be. In Senegal, the Lebu people believe the saw can protect their family, house and livestock. In the...
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    The average population density for the country is 68 people per square kilometer (180 people/sq mi). French is the official language but is used regularly...
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    through the interaction of Berbers from the Sahara and "Negro agricultural peoples" who were "essentially Serer". The Serer language and religion (A ƭat Roog)...
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    Youssou N'Dour (category Living people)
    a typical Serer surname. See - Mwakikagile, Godfrey, The Gambia and Its People: Ethnic Identities and Cultural Integration in Africa, New Africa Press...
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    Cap-Vert peninsula was settled no later than the 15th century, by the Lebu people, an aquacultural subgroup of the Wolof ethnic group. The original villages—Ouakam...
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    name from Bang julo, the Mandinka word for rope fibre that the Mandinka people gathered on the island.[citation needed] In 1651, Banjul was leased by the...
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    Like the Kingdom of Sine, the population is overrun and ruled by the Serer people. The two are generally referred to as the Serer Kingdoms. Many parts of...
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    instead of the green star." Niasse himself stated ""Only the Senegalese people is sovereign to decide any modification of the symbols of our Republic"...
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    Nigeria) Lebou Republic (1790–1857/present AD) (Lebu people) Solima Kingdom(18th century–1884 AD) (Yalunka people) Sankaran Kingdom (18th century AD–?) (referred...
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    Possible candidates are the ancestors of the Jola people or the Wolof but some believe that the Serer people are the builders. This hypothesis comes from the...
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    People seek advice from them to obtain any form of good fortune and luck. The local herbalists/marabout make these Juju waistbands to protect people from...
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  • The Niominka people (also called Niuminka or Nyominka) are an ethnic group in Senegal living on the islands of the Saloum River delta. They are currently...
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    that is also played in the Gambia. It is associated with Wolof and Serer people. The drum is generally played with one hand and one stick. Among its most...
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  • Jola people Lebu people Toucouleur people Wolof people...
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  • Jola people Lebu people Toucouleur people Wolof people...
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    for the early history of Baol, and even oral traditions are sparse. Serer people moved into the region in the 11th or 12th century, fleeing Islamization...
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    Jola people Lebu people Toucouleur people Wolof people...
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  • Palors are a member of the Cangin people (those who speak the Cangin languages) and a sub-group of the Serer people. In their oral history, the Palor...
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    within this region once a year. The population is overrun by the Serer people. Historically, it was part of the Serer pre-colonial Kingdom of Sine. In...
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    Editions Africaines, 1983, ISBN 2-7236-0877-8 For more about the Serer-Ndut people, see  : Dupire, Marguerite, "Sagesse sereer: Essais sur la pensée sereer...
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  • is the original religious beliefs, practices, and teachings of the Serer people of Senegal in West Africa. The Serer religion believes in a universal supreme...
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