Serer people (English Wikipedia)

Actu Sen, "Intronisation du Roi “Maad a Sinig” de Diakhao : 51 ans après, le Sine restaure la couronne." By Matar Diouf (10 February 2020) [19] (retrieved: 4 March 2025)

allafrica.com

"Nigeria: 10 Hottest African Artistes Making Global Waves" [in] AllAfrica.com, by Anthony Ada Abraham (28 May 2015) [24]

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Patience Sonko-Godwin. Ethnic Groups of The Senegambia Region. A Brief History. p32. Sunrise Publishers Ltd. Third Edition, 2003. ‹See Tfd›ASIN B007HFNIHS

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Claire L. Adida; David D. Laitin; Marie-Anne Valfort (2016). Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies. Harvard University Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-0-674-50492-9.
Elizabeth Berg; Ruth Wan; Ruth Lau (2009). Senegal. Marshall Cavendish. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7614-4481-7.
Leonardo A. Villalón (2006). Islamic Society and State Power in Senegal: Disciples and Citizens in Fatick. Cambridge University Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-521-03232-2., Quote: "Serer oral tradition recounts the group's origins in the Senegal River valley, where it was part of, or closely related to, the same group as the ancestors of today's Tukulor."
Dupire, Marguerite, Sagesse sereer: Essais sur la pensée sereer ndut, KARTHALA Editions (1994). For tim and den yaay (see p. 116). The book also deals in depth about the Serer matriclans and means of succession through the matrilineal line. See pp. 38, 95–99, 104, 119–20, 123, 160, 172–74, ISBN 2865374874 [8]
James Stuart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood. p. 516. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
Leonardo A. Villalón (2006). Islamic Society and State Power in Senegal: Disciples and Citizens in Fatick. Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–74. ISBN 978-0-521-03232-2.
Danielle Resnick (2013). Urban Poverty and Party Populism in African Democracies. Cambridge University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-107-65723-6., Quote:"One reason for the low salience of ethnic identity is because, like some other West African societies, many ethnic groups in Senegal are structured by caste. For example, the Wolof, Serer, and Pulaar-speaking Toucouleur are all caste societies."
Martin A. Klein (1968). Islam and Imperialism in Senegal: Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914. Stanford University Press. pp. 7–11. ISBN 978-0-8047-0621-6.
Dominika Koter (2016). Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 68–70. ISBN 978-1-316-77290-4.
J. D. Fage; Richard Gray; Roland Anthony Oliver (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 283–284. ISBN 978-0-521-20413-2.
Martin A. Klein (1968). Islam and Imperialism in Senegal: Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914. Stanford University Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-0-8047-0621-6.
Martin A. Klein (1968). Islam and Imperialism in Senegal: Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914. Stanford University Press. pp. 8–11. ISBN 978-0-8047-0621-6.
Dominika Koter (2016). Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-1-316-77290-4.
Nevins, Debbie; Berg, Elizabeth; Wan, Ruth (15 July 2018). Senegal. Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-5026-3642-3.
Ron J. Lesthaeghe (1989). Reproduction and Social Organization in Sub-Saharan Africa. University of California Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-0-520-06363-1.
J. D. Fage; Richard Gray; Roland Anthony Oliver (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 289–290. ISBN 978-0-521-20413-2.
Connolly, Sean,"Senegal", Bradt Travel Guides (2015), p. 26, ISBN 9781841629131 [22]

boursine.org

Boursine.org (the official website of the Royal Institution of Sine), "Intronisation du Maad sinig Niokhobaye Diouf" (posted on 12 February 2020) [18] (retrieved: 4 March 2025)

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CIA World Fackbook
Senegal, CIA Factsheet (retrieved 7 March 2025)
Gambia, CIA Factsheet (retrieved 7 March 2025)

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Tal Tamari (1991). "The Development of Caste Systems in West Africa". The Journal of African History. 32 (2). Cambridge University Press: 221–250. doi:10.1017/s0021853700025718. JSTOR 182616. S2CID 162509491., Quote: "[Castes] are found among the Soninke, the various Manding-speaking populations, the Wolof, Tukulor, Senufo, Minianka, Dogon, Songhay, and most Fulani, Moorish and Tuareg populations, (...) They are also found among (...) and Serer groups."

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Bulletin de la Société de géographie, Volume 26. Société de Géographie (1855), pp. 35 - 36. [3] (retrieved 7 March 2025). Quote:
"La nation sérère, aujourd'hui dispersée en plusieurs petits États sur la côte ou refoulée dans les bois de l'intérieur, doit être une des plus anciennes de la Sénégambie."
Maury, Alfred, Rapports à la Soc. de géogr, Volume 1. (1855). p. 25 [4] (retrieved 7 March 2025)

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gbos.gov.gm

National Population Commission Secretariat (30 April 2005). "2013 Population and Housing Census: Spatial Distribution" (PDF). Gambia Bureau of Statistics. The Republic of The Gambia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

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Becker, Charles: Vestiges historiques, trémoins matériels du passé clans les pays sereer, Dakar (1993), CNRS-ORSTOM [6]
Gastellu, Jean-Marc, Petit traité de matrilinarité. L'accumulation dans deux sociétés rurales d'Afrique de l'Ouest, Cahiers ORSTOM, série Sciences Humaines 4 (1985) [in] Gastellu, Jean-Marc, Matrilineages, Economic Groups and Differentiation in West Africa: A Note, O.R.S.T.O.M. Fonds Documentaire (1988), pp 1, 2–4 (pp 272–4), 7 (p 277) [7]

jeuneafrique.com

Jeune Afrique, Sénégal : Marième Faye Sall, nouvelle première dame, 26 March 2012 by Rémi Carayol [26] (retrieved on 8 February 2020)

joshuaproject.net

This is an old figure which has not updated on Joshua Project. "Serer in Mauritania." [2] (retrieved 4 March 2025). It is however more recent than the following 2000 source based on a 1988 census:
3,500 (estimated in 2000): African Census Analysis Project (ACAP). University of Pennsylvania. Ethnic Diversity and Assimilation in Senegal: Evidence from the 1988 Census by Pierre Ngom, Aliou Gaye and Ibrahima Sarr. 2000

jstor.org

"Charisma and Ethnicity in Political Context: A Case Study in the Establishment of a Senegalese Religious Clientele", Leonardo A. Villalón, Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 63, No. 1 (1993), p. 95, Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International African Institute
Tal Tamari (1991). "The Development of Caste Systems in West Africa". The Journal of African History. 32 (2). Cambridge University Press: 221–250. doi:10.1017/s0021853700025718. JSTOR 182616. S2CID 162509491., Quote: "[Castes] are found among the Soninke, the various Manding-speaking populations, the Wolof, Tukulor, Senufo, Minianka, Dogon, Songhay, and most Fulani, Moorish and Tuareg populations, (...) They are also found among (...) and Serer groups."
Étienne Van de Walle was not a historian or a professor of history. He had a degree in economics and was a demographer/researcher but was not an academic historian. See: Leridon, Henri. “Etienne van de Walle 1932-2006.” Population (English Edition, 2002-), vol. 61, no. 1/2, 2006, pp. 11–13. JSTOR, [14]. Accessed 5 Aug. 2024.

lequotidien.sn

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) [20] (retrieved: 4 March 2025)

leral.net

Leral.net, "Guédel Mbodj et Thierno Ndaw intronisés: Un Saloum, deux Buur." (23 May 2017) [16] (retrieved 4 March 2025)

pulse.com.gh

"Sarkodie and Stonebwoy listed among 'Top 10 Hottest African Artistes' making global waves" [in] Pulse, by David Mawuli (27 May 2015) [23]

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ethiopiques.refer.sn

Thiaw, Issa Laye, La Religiosité des Sereer, Avant et Pendant Leur Islamisation. Éthiopiques, No: 54, Revue Semestrielle de Culture Négro-Africaine. Nouvelle Série, Volume 7, 2e Semestre 1991 [11] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
For more on Serer religious festivals, see : (in French) Niang, Mor Sadio, "CEREMONIES ET FÊTES TRADITIONNELLES", IFAN, [in] Éthiopiques, numéro 31 révue socialiste de culture négro-africaine 3^e trimestre (1982) [25] Archived 24 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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Asante, Molefi Kete; Mazama, Ama; Encyclopedia of African Religion, SAGE Publications (2008), p. 606-7, ISBN 9781506317861 [13] (retrieved 2 March 2025)

seereer.com

The Seereer Resource Centre, Seereer Lamans and the Lamanic Era (2015) [in] [12]

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Tal Tamari (1991). "The Development of Caste Systems in West Africa". The Journal of African History. 32 (2). Cambridge University Press: 221–250. doi:10.1017/s0021853700025718. JSTOR 182616. S2CID 162509491., Quote: "[Castes] are found among the Soninke, the various Manding-speaking populations, the Wolof, Tukulor, Senufo, Minianka, Dogon, Songhay, and most Fulani, Moorish and Tuareg populations, (...) They are also found among (...) and Serer groups."

seneplus.com

Sagne, Mohamadou, VILLAGE DE DJILASS: L’EXPLOITATION DE village-de-djilass-lexploitation-de, Le soleil (15 Nov 2021), [in] Seneplus. [9] (retrieved 3 Mar 2025)

sudquotidien.sn

OG, Des cadres du Sine veulent faire construire un mausolée pyramidal dédié au roi Sann Moon Faye, Sud Quotidien (19 Aug 2023). [10] (retrieved 3 March 2025)

thepoint.gm

The Point, "King of Madala Sinic [Maad a Sinig] visits Senegalese Embassy in Gambia." By Adama Jallow (23 May 2023).[21] (retrieved: 4 March 2024)

web.archive.org

CIA World Factbook, Senegal (2023 estimates) - archive [1]
National Population Commission Secretariat (30 April 2005). "2013 Population and Housing Census: Spatial Distribution" (PDF). Gambia Bureau of Statistics. The Republic of The Gambia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
Thiaw, Issa Laye, La Religiosité des Sereer, Avant et Pendant Leur Islamisation. Éthiopiques, No: 54, Revue Semestrielle de Culture Négro-Africaine. Nouvelle Série, Volume 7, 2e Semestre 1991 [11] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
For more on Serer religious festivals, see : (in French) Niang, Mor Sadio, "CEREMONIES ET FÊTES TRADITIONNELLES", IFAN, [in] Éthiopiques, numéro 31 révue socialiste de culture négro-africaine 3^e trimestre (1982) [25] Archived 24 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

xibaaru.sn

Xibaaru, "Situation politique les chefs coutumiers banissent la violence." (24 February 2023) [17] (retrieved 4 March 2025