Lingeer Ngoné Dièye

Lingeer Ngoné Dièye (Wolof: Lingeer Ngoone Jaay, or Lingeer Ngoneh Jaay) was a Lingeer from the Wolof kingdom of Cayor, and early ancestor of the Wolof maternal dynasty of (Géej )of Cayor and Baol.[1][2] She was the wife of the 17th century Senegambian noble and Teigne Thié Yasin Demba Noudj Fall, and mother of the Damel—Teigne Lat Soukabé Ngoné Fall ( fr ) who ruled as King of Cayor and Baol from 1697 to 1719 and became the first Guedj to rule in those kingdoms—after overthrowing the reigning maternal dynasty and installing his mother's matriclan. In usurping the throne, he committed fratricide by killing his paternal half-brother (the reigning king) and took his throne.[1][3][4][2] Ngoné Dièye was a Wolof noble Woman of the Dièye family of Cayor and Baol. In the Wolof Kingdom of Cayor, she became Queen when she married the King of Cayor, and later Queen Mother of Cayor and Baol when her son usurped the throne and unified Cayor and Baol. According to Cheikh Anta Diop, "The Guedj come from common people. They are distinguished by their adaptive ability and their military genius. The dynasty is named for the country of origin of the first founding, Damel's mother. She was a commoner from the seacoast, who married the King, guedj meaning "sea" in Wolof. Her son, though he had no right to the throne, succeeded in being crowned, through his energy and mental agility."[5][1][2]

Lingeer Ngoné Dièye
(Lingeer Ngoone Jaay)
Lingeer of Cayor and Baol
Reign1697 (as Queen Mother)
Born[[Tubé Dieye]
SpouseTeigne Thié Yasin Demba Noudj Fall
IssueDamel—Teigne Lat Soukabé Ngoné Fall (not the only issue).
Full name
Lingeer Ngoné Dièye
HouseGeej
ReligionWolof religion https://books.google.com/books?id=VdANcnMEWYAC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=wolof+traditional+religion&source=bl&ots=RrJ8s2j_8Z&sig=ACfU3U2iKarDNokeT67t-MoAQ-YTH5PaMA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC9dber43rAhXvgXIEHWr2DzIQ6AEwFXoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=wolof%20traditional%20religion&f=false

In 1697, the newly appointed French Director-General of Trade in Senegal, André Brue, established a cordial relationship with Lingeer Ngoné Dièye. The Queen Mother regarded André as young enough to be her son and referred to him as such. In one of her secret correspondences with André, she mediated between her son (Lat Soukabé) and the French and asked the French to ignore her son's outbursts and insults. The Queen Mother regularly intervened during the reign of her son in an attempts to curb his excesses with the French.[6][7]

Lingeer Ngoné Dièye is the matriach and direct maternal ancestor of all the Guedj kings of Cayor and Baol, including the Senegambian hero Lat Dior. For several centuries until the French conquest of Baol and Cayor, Lingeer Ngoné Dièye's descendants dominated the political scene of Cayor and Baol.[8]

See also

References
  1. IFAN (1976), Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire: Sciences Humaines, Volume 38, p. 480
  2. Diome, Fatou, Les Veilleurs de Sangomar, Albin Michel (2019), p. 153, ISBN 9782226445063
  3. Buschinger, Danielle, (ed: Jan Willem Kloos; trans: Jan Willem Kloos), pp. 45-46, 51, Van den vos Reynaerde: mittelniederländisch - neuhochdeutsch, Presses du Centre d'Etudes médiévales Université de Picardie (1992), ISBN 9782901121169
  4. Thomas, Douglas H., Sufism, Mahdism and Nationalism: Limamou Laye and the Layennes of Senegal, Bloomsbury Publishing (2012), p. 60, ISBN 9781441163516
  5. Diop, Cheikh Anta, Precolonial Black Africa, (trans. Harold Salemson), Chicago Review Press (1988), p. 150, ISBN 9781613747452
  6. , Labat, Jean-Baptiste, Nouvelle Relation de l’Afrique Occidentale, (Paris: Guilliame Cavelier, 1728), p. 146.
  7. Fall, R., (1997), Les souverains sénégambiens et la traite négrièrè: Lat Sukaabe Ngoné Dièye et André Brue, p. 11
  8. Anta, Babou Cheikh, Le Jihad de l'âme. Ahmadou Bamba et la fondation de la Mouridiyya au Sénégal (1853-1913), KARTHALA Editions (2011), p. 59, ISBN 9782811133788

Bibliography
  • IFAN (1976), Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire: Sciences humaines, Volume 38, p. 480
  • Diome, Fatou, Les Veilleurs de Sangomar, Albin Michel (2019), p. 153, ISBN 9782226445063 (retrieved February 28, 2020)
  • Buschinger, Danielle, (ed: Jan Willem Kloos; trans: Jan Willem Kloos), pp. 45-46, 51, Van den vos Reynaerde: mittelniederländisch - neuhochdeutsch, Presses du Centre d'Etudes médiévales Université de Picardie (1992), ISBN 9782901121169
  • Thomas, Douglas H., Sufism, Mahdism and Nationalism: Limamou Laye and the Layennes of Senegal, Bloomsbury Publishing (2012), p. 60, ISBN 9781441163516 (retrieved February 28, 2020)
  • Diop, Cheikh Anta, Precolonial Black Africa, (trans. Harold Salemson), Chicago Review Press (1988), p. 150, ISBN 9781613747452 (retrieved February 28, 2020)
  • Labat, Jean-Baptiste, Nouvele Relation de l’Afrique Occidentale, (Paris: Guilliame Cavelier, 1728), p. 146.
  • Fall, R., (1997), Les souverains sénégambiens et la traite négrièrè: Lat Sukaabe Ngoné Dièye et André Brue, p. 11
  • Anta, Babou Cheikh, Le Jihad de l'âme. Ahmadou Bamba et la fondation de la Mouridiyya au Sénégal (1853-1913), KARTHALA Editions (2011), p. 59, ISBN 9782811133788 (retrieved February 28, 2020)

Further reading
  • Histoire du Sénégal du xve siècle à 1870 de Prosper Cultru - Edition 1910 , available at Gallica
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