Louis Diène Faye

Louis Diène Faye is a Senegalese anthropologist, author and scholar of Serer religion, history and culture. Himself of Serer heritage, he undertook his secondary schooling at Thiès before proceeding to study religious sciences and audio-visual at the Catholic University of Lyon.
Faye has authored several books and scientific papers and quoted by many scholars who interacted with him. Some of his famous work include :

"Mort et Naissance, le monde sereer", Le Nouvelles Editions Africaines,
"Éducation et mariage: le monde seereer" - tradition orale, Nouvelles Éditions africaines du Sénégal,

Other fields

As well as his academic field, Faye is also songwriter and a producer-director at the O.R.T.S. He is a member of the Council d'administration du BSDA, at Dakar.