Alioune Sarr

Alioune Sarr, (born September 1, 1908) at Foundiougne in Senegal, was a Senegalese historian, author and politician whose family gained prominence in the Serer precolonial Kingdom of Sine and Saloum around the 14th century. They also made up the "sulbalƃe" class of Futa Toro (all in present-day Senegal). Sarr's father (Koly Samba Sarr) was a former Chief of Foundiougne, Gandoune; former head of the constituency of Ndiaye-Ndiaye and former Prime Minister of Diognick in Senegal. Although Sarr was a prominent politician like his father during the colonial era, he is best known as a historian and author especially after his famous work "Histoire du Sine-Saloum" which was officially published in 1949 and peer reviewed by historians.

Politics

In 1963, Sarr was President of the Regional Assembly of Sine-Saloum, (Kaolack, Senegal) (French: Président de l’Assemblée Régionale du Sine-Saloum), a position he occupied when the historian Martin A. Klein was carrying out a primary research in 1964 for his book "Islam and Imperialism Senegal, Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914" During his Presidency, Sarr received prominent African leaders such as président Sékou Touré when he visited Kaolack.