Serer People, Serer
Serer may refer to: * Serer people The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group.

Serer People
The Serer people are a West African ethnoreligious group."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 They are the third-largest ethnic group in Senegal, making up 15% of the Senegalese pop ...
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Serer Language
Serer, often broken into differing regional dialects such as Serer-Sine and Serer saloum, is a language of the kingdoms of Sine and Saloum branch of Niger–Congo spoken by 1.2 million people in Senegal and 30,000 in the Gambia as of 2009. It is the principal language of the Serer people. Classification Serer is one of the Senegambian languages, which are characterized by consonant mutation. The traditional classification of Atlantic is that of Sapir (1971), which found that Serer was closest to Fulani. However, a widely cited misreading of the data by Wilson (1989) inadvertently exchanged Serer for Wolof. Dialects of Serer are Serer Sine (the prestige dialect), Segum, Fadyut-Palmerin, Dyegueme (Gyegem), and Niominka. They are mutually intelligible except for the Sereer spoken in some of the areas surrounding the city of Thiès. Not all Serer people speak Serer. About 200,000 speak Cangin languages. Because the speakers are ethnically Serer, they are commonly thought to be S ...
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Serer Religion
The Serer religion, or ''a ƭat Roog'' ("the way of the Divine"), 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 deity called Roog (or ''Rog''). In the Cangin languages, Roog is referred to as ''Koox'' (or ''Kooh''), Kopé Tiatie Cac, and Kokh Kox. The Serer people are found throughout the Senegambia region. In the 20th century, around 85% of the Serer converted to Islam (Sufism), but some are Christians or follow their traditional religion. Traditional Serer religious practices encompass ancient chants and poems, veneration of and offerings to deities as well as spirits (pangool), initiation rites, folk medicine, and Serer history. Beliefs Divinity The Serer people believe in a supreme deity called Roog (or ''Rog'') and sometimes referred to as ''Roog Sene'' ("Roog The Immensity" or "The Merciful God"). Serer tradition deals with various dimensions of life, deat ...
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Rafael Calvo Serer
Rafael Calvo Serer (born 6 October 1916 at Valencia, Spain, died 19 April 1988 at Pamplona, Navarra, Spain) was a Professor of History of Spanish Philosophy, a writer, essayist. He was president of the Council of Administration of the newspaper ''Madrid'', in which he published numerous articles on national and international politics International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the Scientific method, scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities betwe .... In 1949 he obtained the National Award for Literature for his work ''España sin problema''. His main works are: ''España sin problema'' (1949), ''El fin de la época de las revoluciones'' (1949), ''Teoría de la restauración'' (1952), ''La configuración del futuro'' (1953), ''Política de integración'' (1955), ''La aproximación de los neoliberales à la actitud tradicional'' (1956), ''La fuerza cr ...
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