The Serer live in Senegal and Gambia. They consist of 8 clans. They are as followed: Seex, Serer-Noon, Serer-Ndut, Serer-Njeghene, Serer-Safene, Serer-Niominka, Serer-Palor, and Serer-Laalaa. They use to live farther north, but they left the region to escape Islam. They came in contact with the Mandinka and Wolof. They have there own language, religion, and kingdom.
They lived in Kemet a long time ago. They been in West Africa for more than a millennium!!!!!! Serer kings were called Lamane (master of the land). They ruled several kingdoms. Lamanes were high priests of the religion. Serer language is a Senegambian language; which is part of the Niger-Congo language family.
Religion
The Serer creator deity is Roog. It is a hermaphrodite. Roog maybe Ra. They believe earth started out as a swamp. They believe in a divine cosmic egg. The Dogon believe in a divine cosmic egg too. Sirius is represented as a 5 pointed star ; it represents the universe. Sirius is very significant to the Dogon too. The first couple got on a ark to leave heaven for earth. It is called the Ark of Yaabo-Yabo. There was peace on the earth. All humans, animals, and planets got along. That was ended when a lion raped a girl. She gave birth to a monkey because of this. Animals and trees fought humans, but humans were able to defeat them because they were giants. Roog got upset so he skrunk humans size and life expectancy; he took away trees ability to move and see. He allowed trees to hear and made animals unintelligent. They believe in a tree of life. I guess it kept people alive. They believe in heaven, earth and parallel earth, and place for the dead. They believe in ancestral and natural spirits. They call them pangool.
The Serer have a amazing history and religion!!!!!!!! They have sweet languages. I give them A+ because they're so great. They have a lot to teach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serer_people
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=233044
http://www.seereer.org/
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