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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: Senegal being the namesake of said Zenaga/Zenata berbers. [/QB][/QUOTE]Senegal is named after the Senegal River, the etymology of which is contested. One popular theory (proposed by David Boilat in 1853) is that it stems from the Wolof phrase sunu gaal, which means "our canoe" (or pirogue), resulting from a miscommunication between 15th-century Portuguese sailors and Wolof fishermen. The "our canoe" theory has been popularly embraced in modern Senegal for its charm. It is frequently used in appeals to national solidarity (e.g. "we're all in the same canoe"), frequently heard in the media.[citation needed] Modern historians believe the name probably refers to the Sanhaja, Berbers who lived on the northern side of the river. A competing theory is that it derives from the medieval town of "Sanghana" (also spelled as Isenghan, Asengan, Singhanah), described by the Arab geographer al-Bakri in 1068 as located by the mouth of the river. Some Serer people from the south believe the river's name is derived from the compound of the Serer term Sene (from Roge Sene, Supreme Deity in Serer religion) and O Gal (meaning "body of water"). ______________________________________ https://books.google.com/books?id=rySrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63 The Himyari Origins of the Sanhaja This chapter will analyse the leadership of Yusuf ibn Tashfin from the genealogical standpoint. As mentioned above, he was a Lamtuna Sanhaja Berber, although the sources sometimes refer to him and his tribe as being of Himyari origin, from the branch of the southern Arabs. The reasons for this discursive justification are related to the non-Arab rulers' need for legitimacy in the Islamic world and to a textual tradition that originated in the East and moved westwards and that was used in specific contexts. As we shall see, the decisive factor in this case was the Almoravid conquest of al-Andalus. Once they had obtained power, the Almoravids recognised the ʿAbbasid caliphate and considered themselves to be its representatives in the West. At the same time, they developed a complex relationship with the ‘ulama’ (scholars) – at that time, mostly Andalusis – with regard to the latter's use of religious discourse as a means of achieving legitimacy.6 There is a considerable Arab historiographical heritage concerning the origins of the Berbers. The question of Himyar and its relationship with some Berber tribes must be placed within this corpus of classical traditions that advocate the Berbers' oriental origin,18 with a significant portion focusing on Yemen as the place of origin of the population of North Africa and linking the latter to the southern Arab tribes.19 This material was analysed by Harry T. Norris, who, discussing the “Himyari myth” and its relationship to the origin of the Almoravids, showed the link between the tales on the subject preserved in Arabic sources and older traditions, in which even Alexander the Great plays an important role ---Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past edited by Sarah Bowen Savant, Helena de Felipe __________________________ History of Africa By Kevin Shillington [IMG]https://i.imgbox.com/G6jlJ68v.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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