• Dione (following its French spelling in Senegal) is a typical Serer surname. In English speaking Gambia (where the Serers are also present), it is spelled...
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  • by his mother Dione (Serer surname), a West African surname among the Serer people with no connection to the French "Dione" Rose Dione (1875–1936), French...
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    The Serer people (Serer proper: Seereer or Sereer) are a West African ethnoreligious group. They are the third-largest ethnic group in Senegal, making...
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    Faye family (category Serer royalty)
    family is linked to Serer medieval history and Serer royalty. During the Guelowar period (the last maternal dynasty in the Serer kingdoms), the Faye family...
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    Tekrur exodus only affected those Serers living in Tekrur at the time. It did not apply to all Serer people. The Serer people are very diverse and spread...
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  • Tukar (category Serer holy places)
    estate. The name Tukar consists of two Serer words: tuuk ("shut up") and kar-kar ("just kidding"). According to Serer oral tradition, an adventurer by the...
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  • Pangool (category Serer religion)
    Pangool (in Serer and Cangin) singular: Fangool (var : Pangol and Fangol), are the ancient saints and ancestral spirits of the Serer people of Senegal...
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  • Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh (category Serer royalty)
    Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh (Serer proper : Maysa Waali Maane, many variations : Maysa Waaly Dione, Maïssa Wali Dione, Maysa Wali Jon, Maissa Waly Mané...
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  • Guelowar (category Serer royalty)
    (or Gelwaar in Serer), also spelled Gelwar, Guelwar, Guelware, Gueleware or Gueloware, was a maternal dynasty in the pre-colonial Serer kingdoms of Sine...
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    Lingeer Fatim Beye (category Serer royalty)
    etc. The Serer surname Beye or Bèye, following its French spelling in Senegal is also a Serer matriclan. Fatim (proper : Fa tim) in Serer language means...
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