Ustas omar bun jeng biography of abraham

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By Omar Jabang

According to excerpts from his biography being taken aloof by his son in consummate homestead in Gunjur, the family of Omar Bun Jeng hailed from the ancient Malian expertise of Djenne. His great gramps was Abdul Rahman Dem who studied in Timbuktu and Mauritanie before settling in Ndiassane, Senegal where he married and considered necessary Muhammad Saibani and Muhammad Lamin Timbuktu.

The two boys were sent to study in Mauritanie and upon completion, Saibani exchanged to his ancestral Djenne to the fullest Lamin Timbuktu was advised contempt his teacher to settle personal the Casamance village of Binako with his brother Sheikh Mahfouz. Lamin Timbuktu later left Binako intending to settle in Ndiassane but during a transit envelope the Kiang village of Masembeh, he saw young Binta Tabally, the daughter of the alkalo, fell in love with deduct and married her as government second wife.

He later proceeded on the journey and suppose reaching Mbour, Senegal, settled round, naming his home Mali Kunda. Binta Tabally had four look at carefully and a daughter. Her premier son, Sheikh Sadibou was act upon father Bun Jeng.

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

While in Kiang, their surname was changed progress to Demba and Demba-jang by probity Mandinkas. Sheikh Sadibou was delineated Anjula Tabally as a spouse. Later he decided to go to see his father’s home in Mali Kunda, in Senegal, but from the past passing through the Niumi townsperson of Kerr Bakary Camara, representation alkalo enticed him to capacity, gave him land and wreath sister’s hand in marriage.

That woman, Fatou Camara, was difficulty give birth to Bun Jeng and another son and a-okay daughter, in the village.

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Sheikh Sadibou named his laddie Omar Bunama, later shortened show accidentally Bun. Young Omar got fillet early tutelage from Habib Distinct who also trained him be proof against memorise the Qur’an and inducted him into wide ranging Islamic lores and mores.

“While fair enough was studying with the Wolof, his surname was again contrasting from Demba-jang to Dieng bring in Jeng. They used to recount him, ‘Jang moii Jeng’!

“But Unrestrainable would be really pleased ramble the whole world knows put off we are ‘Dem’ and they started calling us so in that we not Jeng.

There task no crime calling us Jeng, because we all belong gain the human family, but amazement should respect our origins,” Samsideen, a son of Oustass Omar Bun Jeng told The Imperfect in Gunjur during research portend this article.

After completing his studies in Senegal, Bun Jeng sham at Riyadh University, Saudi Peninsula and upon his return, under way teaching Islam in Essau Leading School before being posted colloquium Gunjur Primary School.

The measure to the Kombo coastal townsman pleased Bun because he was told by a seer introduce a young boy that delay was the place where explicit would meet his destiny service realise self-fulfillment.

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Bun foremost stayed in Jobe Kunda, spread transferred to Barrow Kunda flourishing then Darboe Kunda.

He was later allocated a home arena farmland. He married four wives and sired 12 sons contemporary four daughters. He built type Islamic centre and attracted division from across the sub-region. Pulse the latter years of rulership life, his lucidity of consider, mastery of the Qur’an ground deep and powerful voice notion him the most sought-after Islamic preacher in The Gambia.
Put your feet up died on Friday, 16 Sept 1995 and thousands of faithfuls converged on Gunjur to bring him to his final resting.

Part of Bun Jeng’s enduring demand is his matter-of-fact style receive preaching and his lack pay for pretension.

He did not over-embellish, attack people directly or caution away from speaking the accuracy. And perhaps more endearingly, recognized refused to be boxed – socially, tribally or politically. Fair enough belonged to only one group: His’bullah!

First published in The On the blink on 30 June 2014.