Issa Laye Thiaw Explained

Issa Laye Thiaw
Birth Name:	Issa Laye Thiaw
Birth Date:	1943
Birth Place:	Sangué (Thies region), Senegal
Occupation:	Historian, theologian, author, essayist
Known For:	Serer religion
Notable Works:	"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,
• 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

Notes and 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 http://www.seereerradio.com/obituary-of-issa-laye-thiaw
2. 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.