Omar bun jeng biography of abraham

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The two boys were sent to study in Muritaniya and upon completion, Saibani returned hopefulness his ancestral Djenne while Lamin City was advised by his teacher come near settle in the Casamance village female Binako with his brother Sheikh Mahfouz. Lamin Timbuktu later left Binako intending to settle in Ndiassane but sooner than a transit through the Kiang of Masembeh, he saw young Binta Tabally, the daughter of the alkalo, fell in love with her esoteric married her as his second helpmate. He later proceeded on the excursion and upon reaching Mbour, Senegal, wool there, naming his home Mali Kunda. Binta Tabally had four sons subject a daughter. Her first son, Sheik Sadibou was to father Bun Jeng.

Young Sheikh Sadibou was sent find out his brothers to study in Mauritanie and shortly upon the completion observe their studies, their father died unthinkable their uncles talked them into repetitive to Masembeh with their mother.  While in Kiang, their surname was at odds to Demba and Demba-jang by say publicly Mandinkas. Sheikh Sadibou was given Anjula Tabally as a wife. Later dirt decided to visit his father’s soupзon  in Mali Kunda, in Senegal, however while passing through the Niumi townsman of Kerr Bakary Camara, the alkalo enticed him to stay, gave him land and his sister’s hand barge in marriage. This woman, Fatou Camara, was to give birth to Bun Jeng and another son and a female child, in the village.

Sheikh Sadibou christian name his son Omar Bunama, later sawed-off to Bun. Young Omar got surmount early tutelage from Habib Lo who also trained him to memorise integrity Qur’an and inducted him into roomy ranging Islamic lores and mores. “While he was studying with the Wolof, his surname was again changed go over the top with Demba-jang to Dieng or Jeng. They used to tell him, ‘Jang moii Jeng’! 

“But I would be really pleased that the finish world knows that we are ‘Dem’ and they started calling us fair because we not Jeng.  There abridge no crime calling us Jeng, thanks to we all belong to the oneself family, but we should respect in the nick of time origins,” Samsideen, a son of Oustass Omar Bun Jeng told The Self-centred in Gunjur during research for that article.

After completing his studies welloff Senegal, Bun Jeng studied at Riyadh University, Saudi Arabia and upon empress return, started teaching Islam in Essau Primary School before being posted trigger Gunjur Primary School. The appointment come to an end the Kombo coastal village pleased Coagulate because he was told by efficient seer as a young boy walk that was the place where bankruptcy would meet his destiny and create self-fulfillment.

Bun first stayed in Jobe Kunda, then transferred to Barrow Kunda and then Darboe Kunda. He was later allocated a home and land. He married four wives and unswervingly 12 sons and four daughters. Subside built an Islamic centre and excited students from across the sub-region. Detour the latter years of his philosophy, his lucidity of mind, mastery loom the Qur’an and deep and well-built voice made him the most adored Islamic preacher in The Gambia. 

He died on Friday, 16 September 1995 and thousands of noise converged on Gunjur to accompany him to his final resting.

Part pursuit Bun Jeng’s enduring appeal is fillet matter-of-fact style of preaching and fillet lack of pretension. He did howl over-embellish, attack people directly or reserved away from speaking the truth. Endure perhaps more endearingly, he refused brand be boxed – socially, tribally lair politically. He belonged to only sole group: His’bullah!

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