Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof

Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof came from the Joof paternal dynasty of Sine and Saloum, from The Royal House of Semou Njekeh Joof (the third and last royal house founded by the Joof familyofSine-Saloum, founded in the 18th century by Maad Semou Njekeh Joof). He was a member of the Guelowar dynasty on his maternal line.^[4]

By 1969, Maad Mahecor Joof although retired, was the only ruler in Senegal who possessed real power. The Serer kingdoms such as Sine and Saloum were the only pre-colonial kingdoms to survive up to 1969 (six years after Senegal gained independence from France). The Maad a Sinig (King of Sine) was very committed in the preservation of Serer culture and tradition. During his reign, the Kingdom of Sine was economically prosperous. Indebtedness and migration was rarer in Sine than it was elsewhere in the Senegambia. He performed the traditional role of the Maad a Sinig, presiding over the religious affairs of his subjects and became the focal point of the Sine-Sine (inhabitants of Sine).^[5]

In one of his last ever state addresses to his subjects regarding the oral history of Sine, he stated:

I, Mahecor Diouf, am the bearer of traditions of Sine and the heir of Maissa Waly Dione. (Maad a Sinig Maysa Wali, the first Guelowar to rule in Sine, in c. 1350^[6]).

— Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof^[7]

• Kingdom of Sine
• Serer people
• Kingdom of Saloum
• Kingdom of Baol

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