Origin Parts of this article particularly the Origin Section not only failed to cite reliable sources it also left out material facts as regards to the true origin of Takrur also spelt Tekrur In this regard it totally left out the history of the Serer people also spelt Serere Seereer S r re and Sereer who are not only the oldest inhabitants of Senegambia along with the Jola people Source Gambian Studies No 17 People of The Gambia I The Wolof By David P Gamble Linda K Salmon with Alhaji Hassan Njie San Francisco 1985 to which Takrur is part of but the article gives the impression that Takrur was founded by the Fula people and or only the Fula when both historical and archaeological sources contradicts that claim In fact at the date and time of raising this article for discussion no attempt was made by certain people to acknowledge the trutful history of the Serer people who resided at Takrur or Tekrur Edits I had previously made were vandanlised by a certain person with false and ridiculous accusations As such I call all interested parties for an open discussion before I start making further edit on this article That aside there is no mention of the Serer people in this article It is a fact that members of the Serer group have resided in Takrur for milleniums ruled it implanted their own royal dynasty as well as their ancient religion The Serer Religion or Fat Rog The following is a quote from Henry Gravrand author of La Civilisation Sereer Pangool who also authored La Civilisation Sereer Cossan Since the publication of Cossan history I took as a starting point of the Sereer story in Tekrur over 2000 years ago I noted an important discovery In the middle of the Sahara in the Tasili the rock carvings listed by Henri L hote appears the traces of the present Sereer Cossan Serer history or their ancestors a period dating back to the third or fourth millennium This engraving represents the Sereer initiation Star Serer Cosmology with two coiled snakes symbols of the Pangool ancestral spirits also ancient Serer Saints in the Serer Religion The rock where the Star appears is the Sereer symbols of the Pangool which was probably a place of worship Source Henry Gravrand La Civilisation Sereer Pangool Published by Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal 1990 Page 9 ISBN 2 7236 1055 1 The history of the Serer people who resided at Tekrur the influence of their culture history religion and tradition on the land should not and can not be erased from history To quote Issa Laye Thiaw author of La Femme Seereer If the term religiosity expresses the commitment or devotion to a particular religion it also applies to the Serer who are jealously attached to their traditional values and show little interest in respect of religions from outside However few people adhere to these religions and gradually move away from the religion of the land The latter is the object of aggression and distortion on the part of some Muslims to weaken the impact in people s minds In this context their Serer neighbours assigned names and adjectives to things they have invented from scratch trying to prove their superiority and that of their religion the Serer Religion The Serers are so far one of the few people of Senegal who are not yet fully converted to a modern foreign religion Obstinately attached to the religion of their ancestors the Serers refused to change the social and religious life inherited from their ancestors making every effort to prevent the penetration of foreign religions in their country Only recently were they superficially converted to Islam and Christianity Source Issa Laye Thiaw La Religiosite de Seereer Avant et pendant leur Islamisation Ethiopiques no 54 Revue semestrielle de Culture N gro Africaine Nouvelle s rie volume 7 2e Semestre 1991 Issa Laye Thiaw s remarks about Islam is absolutely relevant as far as this article is concerned For a more detailed explanation of what Issa Laye Thiaw is referring to when he said The latter is the object of aggression and distortion on the part of some Muslims to weaken the impact in people s minds please refer to Maba Diakhou B s discussion page The URL is as follows As for this article Issa s remark is relevant The article made couple of references to the implantation of Islam in the Kingdom of Takrur and talked about how good this was for the Kingdom and the people Not only does this article fail to give a true account of how Islam really came to Takrur and how the Serers and only the