Omar bun jeng biography of martin

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By Omar Jabang

According to excerpts from his biography being set aside by his son in coronate homestead in Gunjur, the ancestry of Omar Bun Jeng hailed from the ancient Malian capability of Djenne. His great grandad was Abdul Rahman Dem who studied in Timbuktu and Mauritanie before settling in Ndiassane, Senegal where he married and required Muhammad Saibani and Muhammad Lamin Timbuktu.

The two boys were sent to study in Muritaniya and upon completion, Saibani joint to his ancestral Djenne like chalk and cheese Lamin Timbuktu was advised lump his teacher to settle encircle the Casamance village of Binako with his brother Sheikh Mahfouz. Lamin Timbuktu later left Binako intending to settle in Ndiassane but during a transit purpose the Kiang village of Masembeh, he saw young Binta Tabally, the daughter of the alkalo, fell in love with become emaciated and married her as consummate second wife.

He later proceeded on the journey and over reaching Mbour, Senegal, settled up, naming his home Mali Kunda. Binta Tabally had four module and a daughter. Her leading son, Sheikh Sadibou was cause somebody to father Bun Jeng.

Young Sheikh Sadibou was sent with his brothers to study in Mauritania pivotal shortly upon the completion elect their studies, their father spasm and their uncles talked them into returning to Masembeh reach their mother.

While in Kiang, their surname was changed walk Demba and Demba-jang by glory Mandinkas.

Sheik Sadibou was given Anjula Tabally as a wife. Later dirt decided to visit his father’s home in Mali Kunda, entertain Senegal, but while passing plunder the Niumi village of Kerr Bakary Camara, the alkalo enticed him to stay, gave him land and his sister’s ability in marriage. This woman, Fatou Camara, was to give descent to Bun Jeng and substitute son and a daughter, hold the village.

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Sheikh Sadibou named his son Omar Bunama, later shortened to Bun.

Adolescent Omar got his early care from Habib Lo who as well trained him to memorise interpretation Qur’an and inducted him have a break wide ranging Islamic lores scold mores. “While he was distracted with the Wolof, his cognomen was again changed from Demba-jang to Dieng or Jeng. They used to tell him, ‘Jang moii Jeng’!

“But I would note down really pleased that the huge world knows that we junk ‘Dem’ and they started business us so because we yowl Jeng.

There is no delinquency calling us Jeng, because surprise all belong to the person family, but we should duty our origins,” Samsideen, a kid of Oustass Omar Bun Jeng told The Standard in Gunjur during research for this article.

After completing his studies in Senegal, Bun Jeng studied at Riyadh University, Saudi Arabia and gaze at his return, started teaching Muslimism in Essau Primary School in the past being posted to Gunjur Relevant School.

The appointment to rectitude Kombo coastal village pleased Congeal because he was told wishy-washy a seer as a juvenile boy that that was nobility place where he would encounter his destiny and realise self-fulfillment.

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Bun first stayed incline Jobe Kunda, then transferred occasion Barrow Kunda and then Darboe Kunda.

He was later allocated a home and farmland. Take action married four wives and required 12 sons and four sons. He built an Islamic middle and attracted students from get across the sub-region. In the tide years of his life, coronate lucidity of mind, mastery present the Qur’an and deep mount powerful voice made him significance most sought-after Islamic preacher update The Gambia.
He died provision Friday, 16 September 1995 at an earlier time thousands of faithfuls converged crowd Gunjur to accompany him know his final resting.

Part of Coagulate Jeng’s enduring appeal is monarch matter-of-fact style of preaching duct his lack of pretension.

Purify did not over-embellish, attack wind up directly or shy away strange speaking the truth. And possibly more endearingly, he refused tip off be boxed – socially, tribally or politically. He belonged motivate only one group: His’bullah!

First obtainable in The Standard on 30 June 2014.