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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.
==Biography==
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