Lébous
The Lébous constitute part of the community wolof with the Senegal. They are primarily concentrated on the Presqu'île of Cape Verde (Dakar). Traditionally, they live fishing.
History
As of the 15th century Lébous, called Barbeçin by the navigators Portuguese, is present on the Presqu'île of the Cap Verde. Lébous result from a group of Wolofs which, after the bursting of the empire of the Djolof, considered that they were not there any more in safety. For this reason, they fled Djolof to settle with the Cayor where they carried out a hard battle against the Damel of Cayor, Ngoné Ndella Coumba Fall, which finally yielded to them the peninsula of Cape Verde in 1812, thus melting the republic léboue with like Ndakarou capital, place where was going to be built later the town of Dakar. Lébous constituted a republic with an original system of division of the capacities between Large the Serigne, higher chief of the Community ( Seriñ Ndakaaru ), the National parliament and the local assemblies (the peñc ).Lébous are Moslem, they adhere for the majority to the Moslem brotherhood Soufi E Layène, its founder, Seydina Limamou Laye.
They were with the Sérère S of the Small-Coast the main brake with the treats négrière of Dakar with the Small-Coast.
The Kingdom of Cayor, State slave trader, sometimes succeeded has to seize the peninsula of Cape Verde (Dakar), obliging Lébous to flee on the Small-Coast and the island of Gorée near, where were the Signare S, métissées women going down from the first marriages between European tradesmen and black women of Senegal, often of origin lébou and sérères.
It is Matard Diop says Eliman, a Imam of Dakar of the beginning of the 19th century which authorized the creation of the cemetery of Beautiful-Air in Dakar in 1820 at the request of the signares of Gorée. It is still him which made it possible the catholic congregations to take foot in Dakar at the request of the signare Anna Colas Pip, niece of Anne Pépin resident in Gorée.
Patronyms
This particular population took an active part in the development of Dakar. Here why one finds patronyms of léboues big families among the founders of capital.Some family names lébou: Ndoye, Diene, Gueye, Bakhoum, Diagne, Samb.
See too
Related articles
- Armand-Pierre Angrand, Historien of Lébous
- Liste of the ethnicities of Africa
- Ethnicities of Senegal
- Rowed Yade