Issa Laye Thiaw

Issa Laye Thiaw
Born	Issa Laye Thiaw 1943 Sangué (Thies region), Senegal[1]
Died	10 September 2017(2017-09-10) (aged 73–74)
Occupations	Historian, theologian, author, essayist
Known for	Serer religion
Notable work	"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, ISBN 2-7475-8907-2
• Issa Laye Thiaw. "La religiosité Seereer, avant et pendant leur Islamisation." In: Ethiopiques, No. 55 (1992)^[4]

See also

• Serer people
• Serer religion
• List of Senegalese writers

References

1. Obituary 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] Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
2. (in French) Enracinement et Ouverture. Plaidoyer pour le dialogue interreligieux, Colloque à la Fondation Konrad Adenauer, Dakar, 23 et 24 June 2009, p. 4.
3. Fatou K. Camara. The Temple for women initiates: An alternative religious and cultural institution. University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
4. János Riesz, Papa Samba Diop, Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Ute Fendler, Christoph Vatter. Littératures et sociétés africaines, p. 483. Gunter Narr Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-8233-5854-5