This is a list of states headed by the
Serer 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. The Lamanes (or Lamans) have a
historical
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
, economic and
religious significance in Serer countries. The following
pre-colonial kingdoms and new states (post-independence) were for a long time dominated by the Serer
Lamanic class :
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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 Serer ...
[ Gravrand, Henry, "La Civilisation Sereer - ''Cosaan'' : Les origines", vol.1, pp 263- 295, 303, Nouvelles Editions africaines, 1983, ][For more on 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' religious significance, see also : Gravrand, Henry, "La civilisation Sereer, ''Pangool'', Dakar, Nouvelles Editions Africaines (1990)
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Kingdom of Saloum
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Kingdom of Baol
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Kingdom of Jolof
The Kingdom of Jolof ( ar, جولوف), also known as Wolof and Wollof, was a West African rump state located in what is today the nation of Senegal. For nearly two hundred years, the Wolof rulers of the Jolof Empire collected tribute from vassal ...
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Kingdom of Waalo
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Kingdom of Tekrur[Gravrand, ''Cosaan'', pp 62-87]
Notes
Bibliography
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Gravrand, Henry, "La Civilisation Sereer - ''Cosaan'' : Les origines", vol. 1, Nouvelles Editions africaines, 1983,
*Gravrand, Henry, "La civilisation Sereer, ''Pangool'',
Dakar, Nouvelles Editions Africaines (1990),
*Becker, Charles: Vestiges historiques, trémoins matériels du passé clans les pays sereer, Dakar. 1993. CNRS – ORS TO M
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Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum", Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, BIFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3–4, 1986–1987, p21
*Boulègue, Jean. "Le Grand Jolof, (XVIIIe – XVIe Siècle)", (Paris, Edition Façades), Karthala (1987),
*Dyao, Yoro, "Légendes et coutumes sénégalaises", Cahiers de Yoro Dyao: publiés et commentés par Henri Gaden. (E. Leroux, 1912)
*Galvan, Dennis Charles, ''"The State Must Be Our Master of Fire"'' : How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in
Senegal" Berkeley,
University of California Press, 2004,
Serer history
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History of Mauritania
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