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'''Father Henry Gravrand''' ([[France]], 1921 - Abbey of [[Latrun]], [[Palestine]], 11 July 2003<ref name="Babelio">[http://www.babelio.com/auteur/Charbel-Gravand/165325 Charbel Gravrand]</ref>) was a French [[Catholic]] missionary to [[Africa]] and an [[anthropologist]] who has written extensively on [[Serer religion]] and [[Serer ancient history|culture]]. He was one of the leading pioneers of [[interfaith dialog]] and believed that [[Traditional African religion|African religion]] was the "'first covenant between God and man".<ref name="Babelio"/> His works about the [[Serer people]] are some of the most widely cited sources by other historians and scholars writing on [[Serer history]], religion and culture, including scholars like Martin A. Klein,<ref>Klein, Martin A., "Islam and Imperialism in Senegal Sine-Saloum, 1847–1914", [[Edinburgh University Press]] (1968), pp x, 12-13, 92, 244, 248, 271</ref> Charles Becker,<ref>Crétois, Léonce; & Becker, Charles; "Le vocabulaire sereer de la faune", (Editor: Charles Becker), Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (1983), p 24</ref> [[Alioune Sarr]], [[Marguerite Dupire]],<ref>[[Marguerite Dupire|Dupire, Marguerite]], "Sagesse sereer : essais sur la pensée sereer ndut", Karthala, Paris, 1994, pp 7, 91, 111, 118-119, 142, 153, ISBN 2-86537-487-4</ref> [[Issa Laye Thiaw]],<ref>[[Issa Laye Thiaw|Thiaw, Issa Laye]], "La femme Seereer", Sénégal, 2005, Sociétés africaines et diaspora, Edition L'harmattan, pp 40, 125-6, 260, ISBN 2-7475-8907-2</ref> etc. Peter Mark of [[JSTOR]] describe him as a solid source.<ref>Henry Gravrand [in] Jean-Paul Bourdier and Trinh T. Minh-ha, "Drawings from African dwellings", [[Indiana University Press]], Bloomington, 1996. [in] [[JSTOR]] by Peter Mark (Review)</ref> However, despite the richness of his coverage of Serer culture and being one of the most widely cited by scholars, Papa Massène Sene argues that his approach lacks scientific rigor and include fundamental linguistic and historical errors.<ref>Papa Massène SENE, [http://ethiopiques.refer.sn/spip.php?article1341 "À la découverte de la civilisation Sereer avec le R.P. Henry Gravrand"], ''Ethiopiques'', no. 39, 4th quarter, 1984</ref>