Issa Laye Thiaw’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Historian
Is

Religious scholar 
Historian 
Theologian 

From

Senegal 

Type

Religion 
Social science 

Gender male
Birth 1 January 1943, Thiès, Senegal
Age: 77 years

Issa Laye Thiaw (born 1943 at Sangué, Thies region of Senegal) is a Senegalese historian, theologian, and author on Serer religion, Serer tradition and history. 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).

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.” Dans: Ethiopiques, No. 55 (1992)
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