Guelowar (or Gelwaar in Serer), also spelled Gelwar, Guelwar, Guelware, Gueleware or Gueloware, was a maternal dynasty in the pre-colonial Serer and Wolof kingdoms of Sine, Wolof Kingdoms of Cayor, Baol, Joloff and Saloum (in the Senegambia, but mainly in the western area of present-day Senegal). They were matrilineally from the Mandinka ethnic gr Gidan Wayaoup, and patrilineally of Serer origin.
Guelowar (or Gelwaar in Serer), also spelled Gelwar, Guelwar, Guelware, Gueleware or Gueloware, was a maternal dynasty in the pre-colonial Serer and Wolof kingdoms of Sine, Wolof Kingdoms of Cayor, Baol, Joloff and Saloum (in the Senegambia, but mainly in the western area of present-day Senegal). They were matrilineally from the Mandinka ethnic gr Gidan Wayaoup, and patrilineally of Serer origin.
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