• Ndiadiane Ndiaye, frequently spelled Njaajan Njaay or Njai in English, is the legendary founder of the Jolof Empire. The story of Ndiadiaye Ndiaye is recorded...
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    Wolof agree that the founder of the state was the possibly mythical Ndiadiane Ndiaye (also spelled Njaajaan Njaay or Njai). Sallah writes: "Some say that...
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    the rule of the first king, the semi-legendary Ndiadiane Ndiaye, in the 13th or 14th century.: 57  Ndiaye, originally a Fula from Takrur, united the Lamanes...
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    University Press, 1965 Both Ndiadiane's name and surname are Serer in origin. For the surname Njie or Ndiaye which Ndiadiane Ndiaye got his name from see Cheikh...
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    paid tribute to Ndiadiane Ndiaye nor any of his descendants, that the Jolof Empire never subjugated the kingdom, and Ndiadiane Ndiaye himself (a Serer)...
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  • Ndiadiane (ruled c.1370–c.1390), also known as Sare N'Dyaye, was the second ruler, or Burba, of the Jolof Empire. He was the son of Ndiadiane Ndiaye,...
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    rather than being built on military conquest. The empire was founded by Ndiadiane Ndiaye, a part Serer and part Toucouleur, who was able to form a coalition...
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    Ndobine Vol 11 Bekoor Vol 12 Jamm Vol 13 Kocc Barma Vol 14 Gainde Ndiadiane Ndiaye (1982) Mouride (1982) Independance Vol. 3 (1982) Show!!! A Abidjan...
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    history of Cayor, and even oral traditions are sparse. The legend of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, the first Buurba Jolof, claims that the ruler of Cayor voluntarily...
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    to a son, the legendary Amadou Boubakar ibn Omar, better known as Ndiadiane Ndiaye, who went on to found the Wolof kingdom of Waalo in the lower Senegal...
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    history, Baol was integrated into the Jolof Empire. The legend of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, the first Buurba Jolof, claims that the ruler of Baol voluntarily...
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    Samba, The Wolof Epic: From Spoken Word to Written Text. "The Epic of Ndiadiane Ndiaye" Two studies on ethnic group relations in Africa – Senegal, The United...
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  • found near the ancient village of Mboyu-Gar where the empire's founder Ndiadiane Ndiaye first appeared in Waalo. PEPAM [1] "Pectoral (The Rao Pectoral) and...
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  • kingdoms. Wolof tradition holds that the empire was founded by the wise Ndiadiane Ndiaye, and it later absorbed neighbouring kingdoms to form a confederacy...
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  • that Abu Bakr was the father of Ndiadiane Ndiaye as per Wolof oral tradition, as Abu Bakr preceded Ndiadiane Ndiaye by at least three hundred years....
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  • both Ndiadiane and Maysa Wali, it was Maysa Wali who elected Ndiadiane Ndiaye and called upon all the Senegambian kings to co-operate with Ndiadiane and...
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    and maternal half-brother of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, founder of the Jolof Empire. According to legend, Barka Bo and Ndiadiane's mother was Fatoumata Sall, daughter...
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  • The rulers were known as "Buur-ba Jolof". Their surnames were Njie (or Ndiaye). Names and dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (1989)...
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  • claimed descent from the legendary first Brak of Waalo and Jolof, Ndiadiane Ndiaye. Charles Becker et Victor Martin (Documents inédits, présentés et publiés...
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    an earlier ancestor. Lingeer Fatim Beye who was a contemporary of Ndiadiane Ndiaye the possibly mythical founder of the Jolof Empire, is also reported...
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    Lingeer Fatoumata Sall was the mother of the possibly mythical monarch Ndiadiane Ndiaye, who was emperor of the Jolof in the 1360s. The Lingeer's role sometimes...
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  • of Serer dynastic periodization 1360 : Oral tradition reports that Ndiadiane Ndiaye (also called Bourba Jolof Njajaan Njie) founded the Jolof Empire, an...
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  • Mbooj, King of Waalo) │______________________________________ │ │ │ │ Ndiadiane Ndiaye = Lingeer-Awo Maram Doye Gaye = Lingeer Mbat Mboye │ │ (King of Jolof...
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    dynasty in the Wolof Kingdom of Waalo. Fatim Beye was a contemporary of Ndiadiane Ndiaye (founder of the Jolof Empire) and Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh...
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