Sayerr Jobe was a 19th-century

lamane Lamane or laman (also ''laam'' or ''lam'') means "master of the land" in the Mandingue, Wolof, and Serer languages. The name was also sometimes the title of chiefs or kings of the Serer people of the Senegambia region which includes modern day Sen ...

and founder of Serekunda, the largest city in

The Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 c ...

. Foroyaa: ''“Sayerr Jobe’s Name Cannot Be Easily Forgotten” Says A Descendant'', (March 2, 2015) Sayerr, originally from the Sine-Saloum region of

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...

, migrated to the Gambia in the mid 19th Century and is believed to have initially settled around Jinack Island in Banjul, before relocating to the southern bank of the country where he established Serrekunda. p. 103 He died in 1896 and is buried at the Serrekunda Cemetery. He is part of the wider Jobe (or Diop) family of Koki, Cayor in Senegal. A relative of Lat Dior Jobe (King of Cayor and

Baol The Kingdom of Baol or Bawol in central Senegal was one of the kingdoms that arose from the split-up of the Empire of Jolof (Diolof) in 1555. The ruler ( Teigne or Teen) reigned from a capital in Diourbel. The Kingdom encompassed a strip of la ...

), and of Massamba Koki Jobe—the Lord of Koki.Salm, Steven J.; Falola, Toyin; ''African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective'', University Rochester Press (2009), p. 246

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