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Guelowar (or
Gelwaar in Serer), also
spelled Gelwar, Guelwar, Guelware,
Gueleware or Gueloware, was a
maternal dynasty in the pre-colonial
Serer kingdoms...
- mythology. The name of
their clan is
Njuufeen (in Serer). The Joof
family of
Guelowar matrilineage also have
another totem called Mbossé (a form of lizard, as...
- from Saloum, and a
Serer princess of Sine, he
belonged to the
reigning Guelowar maternal dynasty of Sine and
Saloum that
ruled for over six-hundred years...
- the
north bank of the
Saloum River delta in
modern Senegal.
During the
Guelowar Era the
region was
named after Sine-o-Méo
Manneh (Serer proper: Siin o...
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patriclans simply married Guelowar women, and
their offsprings bearing Serer surnames reigned in Sine and Saloum. The
Guelowars also
viewed themselves as...
-
Ousmane Sembène. The name is
borrowed from the
Serer pre-colonial
dynasty of
Guelowar. The film won The
President of the
Italian Senate's Gold
Medal at the 49th...
- from the
Serer sacred site Ka-Woon. In the 14th century, the
Mandinka Guelowar clan
migrated from
Kaabu northwards after losing a
succession dispute....
- of the Jola
people or the
Wolof The
mainstream view has been that, the
Guelowar Maternal Dynasty (whom some
writers such as
Martin A. Klein,
Donald R....
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centuries respectively,
ruled by
Serer kings and
Mandinka queens (the
Guelowar dynasty). Kaabu's many wars of
expansion produced up to half of the African...
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Ndoffene Joof
Serer maternal clans Dynasties and
royal houses Faye
family Guelowar Joof
family Joos
Maternal Dynasty The
Royal House of
Boureh Gnilane Joof...
