Gambia: Sayerr Jobe; Founder of Serekunda

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Hello and a warm welcome to the second edition of our profile of Sayerr Jobe, the man accredited with the foundation of the economic hub of the country -Serekunda. In our last edition, we highlighted the origin of Sayer Jobe, what led to his departure from home and how he came to establish the settlement of Serrekunda.

In this edition, we shall be exploring more of his roots with particular emphasis on the Wollof Empire, the social and political organisation of his birth place -Koki and the Kingdom of Kayor in general, as well as his demise. However, before we proceed, we wish to correct an error in our previous edition. In that edition, we noted that Sayerr Jobe married one of the daughters of the King of Kombo; it should have been the reverse. It was the king of Kombo who married one of the daughters of Sayerr Jobe

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