Ndiadiane Ndiaye, frequently spelled Njaajan Njaay or Njai in English, was the semi-legendary founder of the Jolof Empire.
The story of Ndiadiaye Ndiaye is recorded in the oral histories of the Wolof and Serer peoples. As such, there are many different versions, some of which conflict. All or nearly all of the recorded versions share a few basic points, notably that Ndiaye was originally from Futa Toro; that he fled his home when his mother remarried, living in the Senegal river or on an island; that he was captured or lured by the people of Waalo and, after displaying his wisdom, made their king; and that he founded the Ndiaye dynasty that ruled Jolof until the 19th century. Ndiaye remains an important folk hero in Senegal today
NdiadianeNdiaye, frequently spelled Njaajan Njaay or Njai in English, was the semi-legendary founder of the Jolof Empire. The story of Ndiadiaye Ndiaye...
Wolof agree that the founder of the state was the possibly mythical NdiadianeNdiaye (also spelled Njaajaan Njaay or Njai). Sallah writes: "Some say that...
University Press, 1965 Both Ndiadiane's name and surname are Serer in origin. For the surname Njie or Ndiaye which NdiadianeNdiaye got his name from see Cheikh...
the rule of the first king, the semi-legendary NdiadianeNdiaye, in the 13th or 14th century.: 57 Ndiaye, originally a Fula from Takrur, united the Lamanes...
rather than being built on military conquest. The empire was founded by NdiadianeNdiaye, a part Serer and part Toucouleur, who was able to form a coalition...
paid tribute to NdiadianeNdiaye nor any of his descendants, that the Jolof Empire never subjugated the kingdom, and NdiadianeNdiaye himself (a Serer)...
to a son, the legendary Amadou Boubakar ibn Omar, better known as NdiadianeNdiaye, who went on to found the Wolof kingdom of Waalo in the lower Senegal...
history of Cayor, and even oral traditions are sparse. The legend of NdiadianeNdiaye, the first Buurba Jolof, claims that the ruler of Cayor voluntarily...
Samba, The Wolof Epic: From Spoken Word to Written Text. "The Epic of NdiadianeNdiaye" Two studies on ethnic group relations in Africa – Senegal, The United...
both Ndiadiane and Maysa Wali, it was Maysa Wali who elected NdiadianeNdiaye and called upon all the Senegambian kings to co-operate with Ndiadiane and...
history, Baol was integrated into the Jolof Empire. The legend of NdiadianeNdiaye, the first Buurba Jolof, claims that the ruler of Baol voluntarily...
The rulers were known as "Buur-ba Jolof". Their surnames were Njie (or Ndiaye). Names and dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (1989)...
Lingeer Fatoumata Sall was the mother of the possibly mythical monarch NdiadianeNdiaye, who was emperor of the Jolof in the 1360s. The Lingeer's role sometimes...
an earlier ancestor. Lingeer Fatim Beye who was a contemporary of NdiadianeNdiaye the possibly mythical founder of the Jolof Empire, is also reported...
of Serer dynastic periodization 1360 : Oral tradition reports that NdiadianeNdiaye (also called Bourba Jolof Njajaan Njie) founded the Jolof Empire, an...
dynasty in the Wolof Kingdom of Waalo. Fatim Beye was a contemporary of NdiadianeNdiaye (founder of the Jolof Empire) and Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Jaxateh Manneh...
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