The Lehar (
Serer &
Laalaa : Laah or Laa, other variants : Lâ, Léhar, Laha or Laha ) is an area in the western part of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
, located in north of
Thies.
The Lehar has around 18 villages including : Baam, Bapat, Bargaro, Bësia, Bicoona, Duuñë, Gogon, Haak, Jalkin, Jëëfuñ, Joy, Kaadaan, Kii, Kolobaan, Pambaal, Sowaaboon, Tuubi and Yindën. It is inhabited by the
Serer people particularly the
Laalaa people (a sub-group of the Serers). Their language
Laalaa is closely related to
Noon
Noon (or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime. It is written as 12 noon, 12:00 m. (for meridiem, literally 12:00 noon), 12 p.m. (for post meridiem, literally "after noon"), 12 pm, or 12:00 (using a 24-hour clock) or 1200 ( military time).
Sola ...
(the language of the
Noon people). The Catholic congregation of
Ursulines
The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of consecrated women that branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula, in 1572. Like the Angelines, they ...
was established there in 1981.
Regions of Senegal
History
Close to the pre-colonial
Kingdom of Baol
The Kingdom of Baol or Bawol in central Senegal was one of the kingdoms that arose from the split-up of the Empire of Jolof (Diolof) in 1555. The ruler ( Teigne or Teen) reigned from a capital in Diourbel.
The Kingdom encompassed a strip of l ...
, this region was ruled by the
Joof family
Joof (English spelling in the Gambia) or Diouf (French spelling in Senegal and Mauritania) is a surname that is typically Serer.
This surname is also spelt Juuf or Juf (in the Serer language). They are the same people. The differences in spel ...
for several centuries. In the 13th century,
Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof
Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof ( Serer : Maad Ndaah Njeeme Juuf or ''Mad Ndaah Njeeme Juuf'') is one of the patriarchs of the Joof family, himself the medieval King of Laah (or ''Lâ'') in Baol now part of independent Senegal. ''La famille Juuf'' n« L ...
was the king (
Maad) of Laah. Many of
his descendants went on to hold this title including his grandson
Maad Patar Kholleh Joof (the conqueror and
Teigne
Teigne (also : Teign, Tègne, Teeñ, Tin or Tañ in Wolof language) was the title of the monarch of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Baol, now part of present-day Senegal.
In Wolof, "Teigne" means the support that is placed on the head to carry som ...
of Baol). The Joof family that had ruled the pre-colonial Kingdoms of
Sine and
Saloum
The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer language: ''Saluum'' or ''Saalum'') was a Serer/ Wolof kingdom in present-day Senegal. Its kings may have been of Mandinka/Kaabu origin. The capital of Saloum was the city of Kahone. It was a sister kingdom of Si ...
from the 14th to the 20th century comes from the
line of Patar Kholleh.
[''La famille Juuf'' n« L'épopée de Sanmoon Fay », in ''Éthiopiques'', n° 54, vol. 7, 2e semestre 199]
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See also
* Lamane Jegan Joof
Lamane Jegan Joof (English spelling in the Gambia, Lamane Djigan Diouf French spelling in Senegal, also : Ndigan Dieye Diouf, Djigan Diouf, Laman Jegaan Juuf or Jegaan Jaay Juuf in Serer language), was a Serer lamane who according to Serer tra ...
* Tukar
Tukar ( Serer : A Tukaar, other variations : ''Toukar'' or ''Toucar'') a large village in Senegal. Attached to the rural community of Ngayokhem, it is located in the area of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Sine, west of Senegal. The population is ov ...
* Thies Region
* Geography of Senegal
Senegal is a coastal West African nation located 14 degrees north of the equator and 14 degrees west of the Prime Meridian. The country's total area is 196,190 km2 of which 192,000 km2 is land and 4,190 km2 is water.
70% of ...
References
Further reading
*Wade, André Demba
L’éclosion du mouvement mutualiste dans la région de Thiès au Sénégal
(2001)
*Fall, Papa Omar, ''"Linguistique et culture laalaa"'' (Lehar, Lehaar, Laalaa, Laala, Lala) nSTYLOCULTURE
(Retrieved : 16 August 2012)
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Thiès Region
Geography of Senegal