Maad a Sinig (variations : Mad a Sinig, 'Maad Sine, Maat Sine, Bour Sine, Bur Sine, etc.) means king of Sine. The ancient
Kingdom of Sine
The Kingdom of Sine (also: ''Sin, Siine'' or Siin in the Serer-Sine language) was a post-classical Serer kingdom along the north bank of the Saloum River delta in modern Senegal. The inhabitants are called ''Siin-Siin'' or ''Sine-Sine'' (a Se ...
, now part of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
, was a pre-colonial
Serer kingdom . Their kings were titled ''Maad'' or ''Maad'' (also spelled ''Mad'' or ''Maat''). The royal title Maad is sometimes used interchangeably with their ancient kings and landowners - the
Lamane
Lamane or laman (also ''laam'' or ''lam'') means "master of the land" in the Mandingue, Wolof, and Serer languages. The name was also sometimes the title of chiefs or kings of the Serer people of the Senegambia region which includes modern day Sen ...
s.
[ Diouf, Marcel Mahawa, ''Lances mâles : ]Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor (; ; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–80).
Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician o ...
et les traditions Sérères'', Centre d'études linguistiques et historiques par tradition orale, Niamey, 1996, p. 54 Between 1350 and 1969 (the
Guelowar
Guelowar, also spelled Gelwar, Guelwar, Guelware, Gueleware or Gueloware, was a maternal dynasty in the pre-colonial Serer kingdoms of Sine and Saloum (in the Senegambia, but mainly in the western area of present-day Senegal). They were from the ...
period - the last maternal dynasty in Serer country), more than fifty Serer kings have been crowned Maad a Sinig.
Kings of Sine titled Maad a Sinig
* Maad a Sinig Waagaan Tening Jom Faye
[Fata Ndiaye, « La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine », in ''Éthiopiques (revue)'', numéro 54, vol. 7, 2e semestre 199]
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* Maad a Sinig Wagane Kumba Sanjan Faye (var : Waagaan Kumbasaanjaan Faye in 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 i ...
).[Diouf, ''Chronique du royaume du Sine'', ''loc. cit.'', p. 712-733]
* Maad a Sinig Gejopal Mane Niane JoofMaad a Sinig Ama Joof Gnilane Faye Joof
Maad a Sinig Ama Joof Gnilane Faye Joof (many variations of his name: Ama Joof, Amat Diouf, Amajuf Ñilan Fay Juf, Amadiouf Diouf, Ama Diouf Faye, Ama Diouf Gnilane Faye Diouf, Ramat Dhiouf, etc.) was a king of Sine now part of present-day Senega ...
, king of Sine
In mathematics, sine and cosine are trigonometric functions of an angle. The sine and cosine of an acute angle are defined in the context of a right triangle: for the specified angle, its sine is the ratio of the length of the side that is oppo ...
(reigned : 1825-1853)
*Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof
Maad a Signig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof (variations : Mad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof, Mad a Sinig Coumba Ndoffène Fa mak Diouf, Coumba N'Doffène Diouf, Coumba N'Doffène Diouf I, Maat Sine Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof, etc. - c. 1810 †...
, king of Sine (reigned: 1853-1871)
*Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Fa Ndeb Joof
Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Fa Ndeb Joof, also known as Kumba Ndoffene Joof II or ''Bour Sine Coumba Ndoffène Fandepp Diouf'', was a King of Sine (in present-day Senegal). Maad a Sinig (also: ''Mad a Sinig'' or ''Maad Sine'') translates as "Kin ...
, king of Sine (reigned: 1898-1924)
* Maad a Sinig M'Backeh Kodu Njie (M'Backé Mak), king of Sine (reigned: 1884-1885)[Klein, Martin A., ''Islam and Imperialism in Senegal. Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914'', Edinburgh University Press, 1968, p. XV]
* Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof
Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof (English spelling in the Gambia; variations: Maad a Sinig Mahécor Diouf - French in Senegal; ''Maad Siin'' or Mad a Sinig Mahekor Juuf, also ''Maye Koor Juuf'' - in Serer-Sine language) was the last king to rule the ...
, king of Sine (reigned: 1924-1969)[Sheridan, Michael J. et Nyamweru, Celia, ''African sacred groves: ecological dynamics & social change'', James Currey, 2008, p. 141 ]
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