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Episodes
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 27 November 2021
Presenters : Tamsier Joof (main), and Diokel Laba Ngom (later)
Interviewees : Mamadou Faye and Seringe Diouf (aka. Jaraaf Baol)
Source language(s) : Wolof
Subjects covered : On today's show, the panel and their guest discusses the Joof Dynasty of Siin and Baol - all the way to their ancient lamanic ancestors. This is the 4th part of a series of interviews with Mamadou Faye relating to the history of Siin.
Radio programme : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : Saturday, 27 November 2021
Location of interviewees : Siin (Senegal) and Italy
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). Our sincere apologies for any noisy background.
Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
*The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - https://www.seereer.org/
*Seereer Radio - https://seereerradio.com/
*Mamadou Faye's YouTube Channel (Histoire du Sine):
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 25 July 2020
Presenters : Tamsier Joof (main), and Laity Sene
Interviewee : Mamadou Faye
Source language(s) : Seereer and Wolof
Subjects covered : On today's show, the panel and their guest discuss Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali Manneh - the first Gelowar king to rule in Siin. This is the second part of a series of interviews with Mamadou Faye relating to the history of Siin.
Radio program : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : Saturday, 25 July 2020
Location of interviewee : Siin, Senegal
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). Our sincere apologies for any noisy background.
Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
*The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
*Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
*Mamadou Faye's YouTube Channel (Histoire du Sine):
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 18 July 2020
Presenters : Tamsier Joof (main), and Doudou Diouf
Interviewee : Mamadou Faye
Source language(s) : Seereer and Wolof
Subjects covered : Today marks the 153rd anniversary of the Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune (18 July 1867) where Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoofeen fa Maak Juuf defeated Maba Jaaxu Bâ and his ally forces, and the battle in which Maba was killed. On this show, the panel discusses the surprised attack of the Seereers by the Senegambian Muslim forces at Mbin o Ngor (also known as Mbetan Kerr Ngor) in April 1867. That surprised attack precipitated the historic Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune. This is the first part of a series of interviews with Mamadou Faye relating to the history of Siin.
Radio program : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : Saturday, 18 July 2020
Location of interviewee : Siin, Senegal
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). Our sincere apologies for any noisy background.
Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
*The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
*Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
*Mamadou Faye's YouTube Channel (Histoire du Sine):
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Kirinene Ngueelne is a new weekly chat show presented by DJ Mac (Macaire Ndiaye). Each week, DJ Mac invites a new Seereer/Senegambian personality to chat about their life and work (similar to our old Cosaan Seereer programme). This show - which is broadcast in Seereer goes out every Saturday from 16:00 to 17:00 GMT. You can also listen to DJ Mac on Setsima which goes out every Saturday from 17:00 - 18:00 GMT - right after Kirinene Ngueelne. Setsima is broadcast in Wolof and follows the same format as Kirinene Ngueelne. DJ Mac can also be heard on Jeetaay which now goes out every Thursday from 21:00 GMT.
On this show, DJ Mac chats with the legendary and multi talented Seereer diva Yandé Gning of Toucar (or Tukaar) about her life and music career. A true protégé of the great Yandé Codou Sène, this lady can sing in several African languages and is a highly esteemed griot of "the old school." Some of the topics discussed include the history of Njuujuuf (in Tukaar); the Seereer kings of Siin and Saluum ("Maaad a Sinig" and "Maad a Saluum" respectively); the noble Joof family (or Diouf/Juuf family); the noble Faye family; Seereer history; Yandé's time at Sorano; the late Seereer diva Yandé Codou Sene; and Seereer music legends such as Mbaye Ndiaye, Simon Sene and Marie Ngoné Ndione. This show is broadcast in Seereer (Seex (pronounced Seeh)).
Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 9th March 2019
Presenter : Macaire Ndiaye (DJ Mac)
Special guest : Yandé Gning
Special thanks : DJ Mac & Yandé Gning.
Source language(s) : Seereer
Subjects covered :
On this show, DJ Mac chats with the legendary and multi talented Seereer diva Yandé Gning of Toucar (or Tukaar) about her life and music career. A true protégé of the great Yandé Codou Sène, this lady can sing in several African languages and is a highly esteemed griot of "the old school." Some of the topics discussed include the history of Njuujuuf (in Tukaar); the Seereer kings of Siin and Saluum ("Maaad a Sinig" and "Maad a Saluum" respectively); the noble Joof family (or Diouf/Juuf family); the noble Faye family; Seereer history; Yandé's time at Sorano; the late Seereer diva Yandé Codou Sene; and Seereer music legends such as Mbaye Ndiaye, Simon Sene and Marie Ngoné Ndione. This show is broadcast in Seereer.
Radio programme : Kirinene Ngueelne
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : 7th March 2019. Recorded at Tukaar
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station).
Note : You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
Monday Jul 09, 2018
Monday Jul 09, 2018
Sulayman Ndong of Star FM 96.6 (Gambia) interviews Tamsier Joof of Seereer Radio and The Seereer Resource Centre on his Seereer programme (8 July 2018). The interview centres around the life and work of Tamsier Joof, especially his work with the Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio.
Date of interview : Sunday, 8 July 2018
Presenter : Sulayman Ndong
Guest : Tamsier Joof
Source language(s) : Seereer, Wolof and English
Subjects covered : Life and work of Tamsier Joof.
Radio programme : Chossan Seereer
Radio station : Star FM 96.6 (Gambia)
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) and Star FM 96.6 (Gambia)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station), Star FM 96.6 (Gambia) and Sulayman Ndong (presenter). Apologies for the background noise.
Note : You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - https://www.seereer.org/
Star FM 96.6 (Gambia) - https://www.starfmgambia.com/
Seereer Radio - https://www.seereerradio.com/
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Presenters : Tamsier Joof, Mamadou Fall, Moussoukoro Sidibé and Laity Sene
Interviewee : Babou Ngom,
Source language(s) : Seereer, Wolof and English
Subjects covered : Babou Ngom's career; Seereer culture : Music, Njuup, Rhythm, Drums, Dances, Chants, Ndut; Seereer history : Maad a Sinig, Maad a Saluum; Seereer religion: Saltigue
Radio program : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : Saturday, 8th October 2016
Location of interviewee : Le Regal Restaurant in Ouakam, Senegal
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). Our sincere apologies for the background noise.
Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
Sunday Sep 11, 2016
Presenters : Tamsier Joof, Demba Sene, Mamadou Fall and Moussoukoro Sidibé
Interviewee : Marie Ngoné Ndione
Source language(s) : Seereer, Saafi-Saafi, English and Wolof
Subjects covered : Marie Ngoné Ndione's career, Seereer culture, history and socio-economic issues affecting Seereer people.
Radio programme : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : Saturday, 10th September 2016
Location of interviewee : Dakar, Senegal
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). Our sincere apologies for the background noise. Image courtesy of "I love Senegal" (website: www.ilovesenegal.org).
Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
Saturday Aug 27, 2016
Saturday Aug 27, 2016
Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 27th August 2016
Presenters : Tamsier Joof, Demba Sene and Moussoukoro Sidibé
Interviewee : Ibou Sene
Source language(s) : Seereer, Saafi-Saafi, English and Wolof
Subjects covered : Ibou Sene's career, Seereer culture, history, religion and politics.
Radio program : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : Saturday, 27th August 2016
Location of interviewee : Fatick, Senegal
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). Our sincere apologies for the background noise.
Note: You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.
Websites :
The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
Friday Mar 25, 2016
Friday Mar 25, 2016
In December 2015, the Seereer Resource Centre in collaboration with our radio station (Seereer Radio) sent its research team to several parts of Seereer country to interview some notable and knowledgeable Seereer elders, historians / scholars on matters relating to Seereer religion, history and culture, so that we can document and preserve this before it is too late. This team was headed by Tamsier Joof and Demba Sene.
This is the interview they conducted with Alhaji Momodou Marr and Fara Lam Saar in Kahone, Saluum, Senegal. The Kingdom of Saluum was one of the Seereer precolonial kingdoms and Kahone was its capital.
Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 19th March 2016
Presenters : Tamsier Joof, Demba Sene and Mamadou Fall
Interviewers : Tamsier Joof and Demba Sene
Interviewees : Alhaji Momodou Marr and Fara Lam Saar
Other panel members : Njaga Gaye and Momodou Secka
Source language(s) : Wolof, Seereer-Siin, Saafi-Saafi and English
Subjects covered : History of Kahone (Kawoon); History of Saluum; Maad a Saluum Mbeegaan Nduur; Laman; The mythical tree of Ngoye Njuuli; The Gelwaar Maternal Dynasty; Maissa Wally Manneh (a.k.a. Maissa Wali Jon); Family of Mbeegaan Nduur; Kings of Saluum (citing the work of El Hadj Demba Lamine Diouf).
Radio program : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC)
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date of recording : 16th December 2015
Location : The compound of Alhaji Momodou Marr in Kahone, Saluum, Senegal.
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio was recorded for the The SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). The research team was headed by Tamsier Joof (founder of the SRC and Seereer Radio) and Demba Sene.
Note : There is a lot of controversy about this audio interview. Some of the views expressed here have not been backed up by scholarly papers or are contrary to the Seereer tradition. You can have your say about this audio by leaving a comment below. Keep it clean and relevant.
Download transcript « Télécharger la transcription » :
Visit the Seereer Resource Centre download page to download a transcript of this audio in English, French, Seereer a Sinig, Saafi-Saafi, Ndut, Sili-Sili, Noon and Laalaa.
Websites :
The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
Thursday Feb 25, 2016
Thursday Feb 25, 2016
Tamsier Joof, founder of the Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio has been documenting Seereer and Senegambian history for the past few decades. This is the interview he conducted with his great uncle Alhaji Sulaye Nyang, great grandson of the Saluum historical figure - Wally Nyang. For the history of Wally Nyang see our interview with Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof (aka : Cham Joof).
This audio is in two parts. Part 1 relates to the genealogy / descendants of Wally Nyang - narrated by Alhaji Sulaye Nyang. The interviewer was Tamsier Joof. Part 2 relates to the history of Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoofeen Famaak Juuf (king of Siin) and the surprise attack at Kerr Ngoor by the Muslim Marabout forces of Tafsir Maba Jaaxu Bâ and Lat Joor Ngoneh Latir Joop leading to the death of Bukary Ngoneh Juuf, and the ultimate Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune more commonly known as the Battle of Somb (1867) in which the Seereers defeated the Muslim forces and was Maba killed. Part 2 was narrated by the late Seereer-Gambian griot and broadcaster Alhaji Dodou Nying Koliyandeh and the late Gambian historian Alhaji Sait Camara -, courtesy of Uncle Johnny Secka of Unique FM.
Date of first broadcast on Seereer Radio : Saturday, 20th February 2016
Presenters : Tamsier Joof and Demba Sene
Interviewees : Part 1: Alhaji Sulaye Nyang, Part 2 : Alhaji Dodou Nying Koliyandeh and Alhaji Sait Camara
Interviewers : Tamsier Joof of the Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio; and Uncle Johnny Secka of Unique FM, Gambia
Source language(s) : Wolof, Saafi-Saafi and English
Subjects covered : Part 1 : Descendants of Wally Nyang by Alhaji Sulaye Nyang; Part 2: History of Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoofeen Famaak Juuf (king of Siin), The Great Bukary Ngoneh Juuf, Lat Joor Ngoneh Latir Joop and Tafsir Maba Jaaxu Bâ at Kerr Ngoor and at the Battle of Fandane Thioutioune (aka : Battle of Somb) 18th July 1867. This part is narrated by Alhaji Dodou Nying Koliyandeh and Alhaji Sait Camara.
Radio program : Cosaan Seereer
Radio station : Seereer Radio (and Unique FM, Gambia - part 2)
Owner : The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) and Unique FM, Gambia
Collection : The SRC Collection
Date(s) of recording : 11th March 2010
Location : Part 1: The compound of Alhaji Sulaye Nyang in Latri Kunda, The Gambia, Part 2: Unique FM Studios, Gambia
Medium : Audio recording
Additional information : This audio (part 1) was recorded for the SRC Collection, with permission to broadcast granted to Seereer Radio | The Voice of the Seereer Community (our 24 hour stream radio station). The research team was headed by Tamsier Joof (founder of the SRC and Seereer Radio). In parts of the interview, Tamsier decided to give the microphone to Alhaji Sulaye Nyang and allowed him to speak freely. Part 2 of the audio - courtesy of Uncle Johnny Secka of Unique FM, Gambia. Our thanks to Uncle Johnny Secka and the Unique FM team.
Information about the narrators:
Alhaji Sulaye Nyang is the great grandson of Wally Nyang, the 19th-century historical figure of Saluum. The late Alhaji Dodou Nying Kuli Yandeh was a Seereer-Gambian griot and broadcaster. He was a regular on the Chossanie Senegambia [History of Senegambia] program between Radio Gambia and Radio Senegal which ran from 4th October 1973. He was known for playing the xalam during his narrations. The late Alhaji Sait Camara was also a notable Gambian oral historian and musician. He was also a xalam player.
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Download transcript « Télécharger la transcription » :
Visit the Seereer Resource Centre download page to download a transcript of this audio in English,French, Seereer a Sinig, Saafi-Saafi, Ndut, Sili-Sili, Noon and Laalaa.
Websites :
The Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) - www.seereer.org
Seereer Radio - www.seereerradio.com
Unique FM - www.uniquefm.gm