Lamane Jegan Joof (Serer: Laamaan Jeegaan Jaay Juuf, also Ndigan Dieye Diouf,Gravrand, Pangool, p 349Other spelling: Gambian English: Laman/Lamane Jegan Joof; Senegalese French: Lamane Djigan Diouf; Djigan Diouf; Serer variations: Lamaan Jegaan/Jeegaan Jaay Juuf or Laman Jegaan Juuf) was a Serer lamane who according to Serer tradition founded the Serer village of Tukar now part of present-day Senegal. Galvan, Dennis Charles, The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal, University of California Press, Berkeley, 2004, p. 108-111 Bressers, Hans, Rosenbaum, Walter A., Achieving sustainable development: the challenge of governance across social scales, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, p. 151 The Raan Festival (a major event in the Serer religious calendar) takes place each year at Tukar, two weeks after the appearance of the new moon in April. Galvan, op. cit., pp. 108 & 202
Origins
According to the oral tradition of the Serer people, Jegan Joof migrated from Lambaye following a dispute with his relative, the king of Lambaye–Baol Teign Jinaax Jalaan Joof (or Teeñ Jinaax Jalaan Juuf).Becker, Charles; Martin, Victor; & Ndène. Aloyse; (Révision et édition par Charles Becker), Traditions villageoises du Siin (2014), pp. 191–192 The dispute was about the governance of Lambaye and over-taxation. Jegan Joof who was also a mix-farmer and with a large cattle herd felt he was being overtaxed unjustly. He thus decided to migrate with his younger brother Ndik Joof in search of new land and territory to exploit, hence the founding of Tukar, presently, a rather large village which includes numerous other villages such as Njujuf, Ndokh, Sob, etc. They were former colonies of Tukar and part of Jegan's estate. The Joof family reigned in Tukar for several centuries, inherited from their ancestor Lamane Jegan Joof. In the epic of Jegan Joof, he is reported to have had a son called Sosseh Joof (variation : Socé Diouf) who inherited his father's estate. Ndik Joof, brother of Jegan, is reported to have died in Tukar before Jegan's own death.Galvan, op. cit., p. 109-111, 2-281 Jegan Joof belongs to the Patik matriclan—one of the many Serer maternal clans.
Land pawning In 1937, a descendant of Jegan Joof called Biram Diouf pawned his family's estate to the Sene noble family of Sine. It took his descendants 50 years to pay off the debt and regained their family estate.Galvan, The State must be our master of fire, op. cit., p. 104
Status in religion
In the Serer religion, the Raan Festival takes place once a year in Tukar, on the second Thursday after the new moon in April. In this festival, the Serer high priests and priestesses known as the Saltigues make offering of millets and wine to the shrine of Saint Luguuñ Joof. This Holy Saint (or Pangool in Serer) is said to have guided Lamane Jegan Joof when he migrated from Lambaye in search of new land to exploit.Galvan, Dennis Charles, p 202.Gravrand, Henry, pp342-3 & 349
See also Serer people Joof family Lamane Kingdom of Baol Kingdom of Sine Kingdom of Saloum States headed by ancient Serer Lamanes
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