"La femme Seereer",
"La religiosité Seereer, avant et pendant leur Islamisation."
Issa Laye Thiaw (1943 – 10 September 2017[1]) was a Senegalese
historian,
theologian and author on
Serer religion,
Serer tradition and history.[1] 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).[2][3]
Some of Thiaw's works include:
Issa Laye Thiaw. La femme Seereer, Sénégal, 2005, Sociétés africaines et diaspora. Edition L'harmattan,
ISBN2-7475-8907-2
Issa Laye Thiaw. "La religiosité Seereer, avant et pendant leur Islamisation." Dans: Ethiopiques, No. 55 (1992)[4]
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abcObituary of Professor Issa Laye Thiaw : "Our special tribute to Professor Issa Laye Thiaw", by The Seereer Resource Centre, Seereer Radio and Seereer Heritage Press. Published: 11 September 2017
[1]
^(in French)Enracinement et Ouverture. Plaidoyer pour le dialogue interreligieux, Colloque à la Fondation Konrad Adenauer, Dakar, 23 et 24 juin 2009, p. 4
[2]
^The Temple for women initiates: An alternative religious and cultural institution. Fatou K. Camara. University of
Cheikh Anta Diop,
Dakar,
Senegal
^János Riesz, Papa Samba Diop, Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Ute Fendler, Christoph Vatter. Littératures et sociétés africaines, p483. Gunter Narr Verlag, 2001.
ISBN3-8233-5854-5