N'Dyadya N'Dyaye

N'Dyadya N'Dyaye
Burba Jolof
Reign c.1350–c.1370
Successor Sare N'Dyaye
Dynasty Ndoye

N'Dyadya N'Dyaye, Ndiadiane Ndiaye, Njajan Njie or Njaajaan Njaay (ruled c.1350–c.1370) was the founder of the Jolof Empire and Wolof language.[1] He is attested in the oral traditions of the Serer and Wolof people.[2][3]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Thiaw, p. 108.
  2. ↑ Gellar 2005, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Sarr 1987, p. 19.

Bibliography

  • Gellar, Sheldon (2005). Democracy in Senegal. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-349-53192-9.
  • Sarr, Alioune (1987). "Histoire du Sine-Saloum (Sénégal): introduction, bibliographie et notes par Charles Becker". Bulletin de l'IFAN B (in French). 46 (3–4): 211-283.
  • Thiaw, Ibrahim (2013). "From the Senegal River to Siin: The Archaeology of Sereer Migrations in North West Senegambia". In Ulbe Bosma; Kh Kessler; Leo Lucassen. Migration and Membership Regimes in Global and Historical Perspective. Leiden: Brill. p. 93-113. ISBN 978-9-00425-115-1.
Preceded by
None (founder)		 Burba Jolof
Jolof Empire
c.1350-c.1370		 Succeeded by
Sare N'Dyaye
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