Issa Laye Thiaw

Who is Issa Laye Thiaw?

Issa Laye Thiaw, born in 1943 at Sangué 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, Thiaw is a specialist in the Serer religion. He was a former researcher at the Centre d’études des civilisations de Dakar.

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