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Sep 01, 1908 Foundiougne Department, Fatick, Senegal Died on 12 Jul 2001 (aged 92)
Senegalese historian
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About Alioune Sarr
- Alioune Sarr (September 1, 1908 – July 12, 2001) 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 "sulbal?e" class of Futa Toro (all in present-day Senegal).
- Sarr was born at Foundiougne.
- His father (Koly Samba Sarr) 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.
