The Royal House of Semou Njekeh Joof

The Royal House of Semou Njekeh Joof

The antelope is the totem of the Joof family, the founders of this royal house. In the mythology of the Serer people, it symbolises grace, royalty, wisdom, hardwork and protector.
Country Kingdom of Sine (mostly) and Kingdom of Saloum (some).
Both Kingdoms now part of present-day  Senegal.
Parent house The Royal House of Boureh Gnilane Joof. There ancestor is Lamane Jegan Joof (king and founder of Tukar) and Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof (king of Laa (part of old Baol)).
Titles

Maad

Maad a Sinig
Maad Saloum
Founded c.. 1717
Founder Maad Semou Njekeh Joof
Final ruler Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof
Dissolution 1969

The Royal House of Semou Njekeh Joof (also known as : Mbin Semou Njike in Serer language or Keur Semou Djiké) was founded in the early 18th century by Maad Semou Njekeh Joof from the Kingdom of Sine, now part of present-day Senegal. It was the third and last royal house founded by the Joof family - (the Joof dynasty of Sine and Saloum) during the Guelowar period, since the reignes of Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh and Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof (1350 and 1969 respectively[1][2]). From the date of its foundation up to the dissolution of Sine in 1969, at least seven kings from this royal house had succeeded to the throne of Sine.[3]

List of kings

List of kings from the Royal House of Semou Njekeh Joof:

See also

Notes

  1. Sarr, Alioune. Histoire du Sine-Saloum (Sénégal). Introduction, bibliographie et notes par Charles Becker. Version légèrement remaniée par rapport à celle qui est parue en 1986-87. p 19
  2. Klein, p XV
  3. Diouf, Niokhobaye. pp 722-725
  4. (French) Diouf, Niokhobaye Chronique du royaume du Sine. Suivie de notes sur les traditions orales et les sources écrites concernant le royaume du Sine par Charles Becker et Victor Martin. (1972). Bulletin de l'Ifan, Tome 34, Série B, n° 4, (1972). pp 722-733
  5. 1 2 (French) Diouf, Niokhobaye Chronique du royaume du Sine. Suivie de notes sur les traditions orales et les sources écrites concernant le royaume du Sine par Charles Becker et Victor Martin. (1972). Bulletin de l'Ifan, Tome 34, Série B, n° 4, (1972)
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 (English) Klein, Martin. A. Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914. Edinburgh University Press (1968). p XV
  7. Klein. pp 106–112
  8. Diouf, Niokhobaye. p 731

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