Lat Jor

Lat Jor
A mural of Lat Jor in Dakar
Damel-Teigne
PredecessorMajojo
SuccessorSamba Lawbe Fall
Bornc. 1842
Keur Amadou Yalla
Died26 December 1886(1886-12-26) (aged 43–44)
Dekhele
HouseGuedj maternal dynasty
FatherSahewer Sohna Mbay Diop
MotherNgoné Latir Fal
ReligionIslam (Tijaniyyah)

Lat Jor Ngoné Latir Jop (Wolof: Lat Joor Ngoone Latiir Joop; French: Lat Dior Ngoné Latyr Diop; c. 1842–1886) was a nineteenth-century damel (king) of Cayor, a Wolof state that is today in Sénégal. He is today a national hero of Senegal for his resistance to French colonialism.

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