Alioune Sarr

Who is Alioune Sarr?

Alioune Sarr, born on 1 September 1908 at Foundiougne in Senegal, was a Senegalese historian, author and politician whose family gained prominence in the Serer precolonial Kingdom of Sine and Saloum around the 14th century. They also made up the "sulbalƃe" class of Futa Toro. Sarr's father was a former Chief of Foundiougne, Gandoune; former head of the constituency of Ndiaye-Ndiaye and former Prime Minister of Diognick in Senegal. Although Sarr was a prominent politician like his father during the colonial era, he is best known as a historian and author especially after his famous work "Histoire du Sine-Saloum" which was officially published in 1949 and peer reviewed by historians.