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Maad

Serer royal and religious titles
Yoonir
Royal titles
Lamane (also religious)
Maad
Maad a Sinig
Maad Saloum
Teigne
Lingeer
Line of succession
Buumi
Thilas
Loul
Religious titles
Saltigue

Maad (in Serer, or Mad) is the title given to a male monarch by the Serer people of Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania.[1][2][3] In Serer royal history, the Maad possessed supreme power throughout Serer country.[4][5] The Maad was chosen from the royal lineage and crowned by the great Jaraaf (French: Diaraf) who was equivalent to a prime minister.[6] After his coronation, he would crown a member of his maternal family, usually his mother, sister,[7] maternal aunt, or wife as Lingeer (Queen).[8] The Serer titles Maad a Sinig (King of Sine) and Maad Saloum (King of Saloum) take their names from the radical Serer title Maad, and identifies which part of Serer country they rule.

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  2. ^ Faye, Souleymane, "Morphologie du nom sérère: système nominal et alternance consonantique." Université de Dakar, Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar, (1985), pp. 4, 7, 40 , 70
  3. ^ Reinwald, Brigitte, "Der Reichtum der Frauen: Leben und Arbeit der weiblichen Bevölkerung in Siin/Senegal unter dem Einfluss der französischen Kolonisation." Volume 9 of Studien zur afrikanischen Geschichte. Lit, (1995), pp. 16, 85-8, 94-95, 162, ISBN 9783894737788
  4. ^ Bourdier, Jean-Paul; Trinh, Thi Minh-Ha; "Drawn from African Dwellings." Contributor: Thi Minh-Ha Trinh, pp. 198, 308, ISBN 9780253330437
  5. ^ Gravrand, Henry, "La Civilisation Sereer" : "Pangool." Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), p 36, ISBN 2-7236-1055-1
  6. ^ Ngom, Biram, "La question Gelwaar et l’histoire du Siin." Dakar, Université de Dakar (1987), p. 18
  7. ^ Sheldon, Kathleen E., "Historical dictionary of women in Sub-Saharan Africa", vol. 1, Scarecrow Press (2005) p 148 ISBN 0-8108-5331-0
  8. ^ Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum." Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, BIFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3-4, (1986–1987), pp. 28-30

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