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Full Name
  
Issa Laye Thiaw

Religion
  
Serer religion

Nationality
  
Senegalese

Name
  
Issa Thiaw

Ethnicity
  
Serer

Role
  
Historian

Known for
  
Serer religion


Born
  
1943
Sangue, (Thies region), in Senegal

Occupation
  
Historian, theologian, author, essayist

Notable work
  
"La femme Seereer","La religiosite Seereer, avant et pendant leur Islamisation."

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Issa Laye Thiaw (born 1943 at Sangué, Thies region of Senegal, died 10th September 2017, Senegal) is a Senegalese historian, theologian, and author on Serer religion, Serer tradition and history. Born into a Serer family, himself the son of a Serer High Priest (Saltigue), Thiaw is a specialist in the Serer religion. He was a former researcher at the Centre d’études des civilisations (CEC) de Dakar (Centre for Studies in Civilizations of Dakar).

Contents

Some of Thiaw's works include:

  • Issa Laye Thiaw. La femme Seereer, Sénégal, 2005, Sociétés africaines et diaspora. Edition L'harmattan, ISBN 2-7475-8907-2
  • Issa Laye Thiaw. La religiosité Seereer, avant et pendant leur Islamisation." Dans: Ethiopiques, No. 55 (1992)

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    References

    Issa Laye Thiaw Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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