Maad a Sinig (variations : Mad a Sinig, 'Maad Sine, Maat Sine, Bour Sine, Bur Sine, etc.) means king of Sine. The ancient
Kingdom of Sine, now part of
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
, was a pre-colonial
Serer kingdom . Their kings were titled ''Maad'' or ''Maad'' (also spelled ''Mad'' or ''Maat''). The royal title
Maad
Maad (in Serer language, Serer, or Mad) is the title given to a male monarch by the Serer people of Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania.Souleymane Faye (linguist), Faye, Souleymane, "Morphologie du nom sérère: système nominal et alternance consonan ...
is sometimes used interchangeably with their ancient kings and landowners - the
Lamanes.
[ Diouf, Marcel Mahawa, ''Lances mâles : Léopold Sédar Senghor et les traditions Sérères'', Centre d'études linguistiques et historiques par tradition orale, Niamey, 1996, p. 54] Between 1350 and 1969 (the
Guelowar period - the last maternal dynasty in Serer country), more than fifty Serer kings have been crowned Maad a Sinig.
Kings of Sine titled Maad a Sinig
* Maad a Sinig Waagaan Tening Jom Faye
[Fata Ndiaye, « La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine », in ''Éthiopiques (revue)'', numéro 54, vol. 7, 2e semestre 199]
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* Maad a Sinig Wagane Kumba Sanjan Faye (var : Waagaan Kumbasaanjaan Faye in Serer language
Serer, often broken into differing regional dialects such as Serer-Sine and Serer-Saloum, is a language of the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo family spoken by 1.2 million people in Senegal and 30,000 in the Gambia as of 2009. It is the ...
).[Diouf, ''Chronique du royaume du Sine'', ''loc. cit.'', p. 712-733]
* Maad a Sinig Gejopal Mane Niane Joof[Klein, Martin A., ''Islam and Imperialism in Senegal. Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914'', Edinburgh University Press, 1968, p. XV]
* Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof, king of Sine (reigned: 1924-1969)[Sheridan, Michael J. et Nyamweru, Celia, ''African sacred groves: ecological dynamics & social change'', James Currey, 2008, p. 141 ]
References
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