religion birth_place image_size nationality ethnicity name birth_date known_for notable_works article_title birth_name occupation
serer religion sangué , -lrb- thies region -rrb- , in senegal 1 senegalese serer issa laye thiaw 1943 serer religion '' `` la femme seereer '' '' , issa laye thiaw
 issa laye thiaw historian , theologian , author , essayist
issa laye thiaw

issa laye thiaw -lrb- born 1943 at sangué , thies region of senegal -rrb- 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 -lrb- saltigue -rrb- , thiaw is a specialist in the serer religion .
he was a former researcher at the centre d'études des civilisations -lrb- cec -rrb- de dakar -lrb- centre for studies in civilizations of dakar -rrb- .
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 -lrb- 1992 -rrb-
