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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...
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tradition of the
Serer pre-colonial
Kingdom of Sine and the
first of the
Guelowar maternal dynasty to rule in
Serer country. He
reigned as Maad a
Sinig (king...
- 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...
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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...
- 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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Ndoffene Joof
Serer maternal clans Dynasties and
royal houses Faye
family Guelowar Joof
family Joos
Maternal Dynasty The
Royal House of
Boureh Gnilane Joof...
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suggested that, this
matriclan held
great economic power right until the
Guelowars'
arrival in Sine (in 1335). The Peƴoor
matriclan acquired substantial...
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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...
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established at this time,
ruled by
Serer kings and
Mandinka queens (the
Guelowar dynasty),
although these became independent by 1600. Kaabu's many wars...
