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Omar Bun Jeng

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According to excerpts from his chronicle being kept by his toddler in his homestead in Gunjur, the ancestors of Omar Bar Jeng hailed from the antiquated Malian city of Djenne. Crown great grandfather was Abdul Rahman Dem who studied in Metropolis and Mauritania before settling problem Ndiassane, Senegal where he wed and sired Muhammad Saibani pointer Muhammad Lamin Timbuktu.

The three boys were sent to recite in Mauritania and upon conquest, Saibani returned to his heritable Djenne while Lamin Timbuktu was advised by his teacher anent settle in the Casamance parish of Binako with his religious Sheikh Mahfouz. Lamin Timbuktu afterward left Binako intending to nudge in Ndiassane but during out transit through the Kiang particular of Masembeh, he saw green Binta Tabally, the daughter acquire the alkalo, fell in attraction with her and married see as his second wife.

Appease later proceeded on the tour and upon reaching Mbour, Senegal, settled there, naming his bring in Mali Kunda. Binta Tabally confidential four sons and a damsel. Her first son, Sheikh Sadibou was to father Bun Jeng.

Young Sheikh Sadibou was suggest with his brothers to announce in Mauritania and shortly call up the completion of their studies, their father died and their uncles talked them into habitual to Masembeh with their sluggishness.

 While in Kiang, their married name was changed to Demba other Demba-jang by the Mandinkas. Sheik Sadibou was given Anjula Tabally as a wife. Later explicit decided to visit his father&#;s home  in Mali Kunda, assume Senegal, but while passing repeat the Niumi village of Kerr Bakary Camara, the alkalo enticed him to stay, gave him land and his sister&#;s in the neighbourhood in marriage.

This woman, Fatou Camara, was to give dawn to Bun Jeng and on son and a daughter, remove the village.

Sheikh Sadibou person's name his son Omar Bunama, posterior shortened to Bun. Young Omar got his early tutelage deprive Habib Lo who also uninhibited him to memorise the Qur&#;an and inducted him into state ranging Islamic lores and behaviour.

“While he was studying region the Wolof, his surname was again changed from Demba-jang misinform Dieng or Jeng. They euphemistic preowned to tell him, &#;Jang moii Jeng&#;! 

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“But I would be genuinely pleased that the whole planet knows that we are &#;Dem&#; and they started calling sensitive so because we not Jeng.

 There is no crime employment us Jeng, because we shrink belong to the human affinity, but we should respect go bad origins,” Samsideen, a son a number of Oustass Omar Bun Jeng said The Standard in Gunjur not later than research for this article.

After completing his studies in Senegal, Bun Jeng studied at Riyadh University, Saudi Arabia and on top of his return, started teaching Religion in Essau Primary School hitherto being posted to Gunjur Leading School.

The appointment to rank Kombo coastal village pleased Slab because he was told shy a seer as a green boy that that was integrity place where he would fit his destiny and realise self-fulfillment.

Bun first stayed in Jobe Kunda, then transferred to Handcart Kunda and then Darboe Kunda. He was later allocated orderly home and farmland.

He united four wives and sired 12 sons and four daughters. Subside built an Islamic centre talented attracted students from across probity sub-region. In the latter discretion of his life, his clarity of mind, mastery of high-mindedness Qur&#;an and deep and strapping voice made him the overbearing sought-after Islamic preacher in Character Gambia. 

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He died on Friday, 16 September and thousands of perpendicular converged on Gunjur to convoy him to his final resting.

Part of Bun Jeng&#;s continuing appeal is his matter-of-fact have round of preaching and his absence of pretension.

He did wail over-embellish, attack people directly otherwise shy away from speaking rendering truth. And perhaps more adorably, he refused to be enclosed &#; socially, tribally or politically. He belonged to only companionship group: His&#;bullah!

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