Njembot Mbodj
| Njembot Mbodj | |
|---|---|
| Lingeer | |
| Co-ruling Queen (Lingeer) of Waalo | |
| Reign | 1820–1846 |
| Predecessor | Fatim Yamar |
| Successor | Ndaté Yalla Mbodj |
| Kings | See list
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| Born | c. 1800[2] or c. 1811[3] |
| Died | 1 October 1846[3] |
| Spouse | Muhammad al-Habib, Emir of Trarza |
| Issue | Ely Ould Muhammad al-Habib, Emir of Trarza |
| Dynasty | Mbodj (paternal line) Tedyek (maternal line) |
| Father | Amar Fatim Borso Mbodj |
| Mother | Fatim Yamar |
Njembot Mbodj (or Njembot Mbooj or Njëmbët Mbooj, variations: Ndjeumbeut Mbodj or Djembet Mbodj, c. 1800 – 1846[2] or c. 1811—1846[3]) was a Lingeer (Queen) of Waalo, a Senegambian precolonial kingdom which is now part of present-day Senegal.
She was proclaimed a Lingeer after her mother's death.[4] Her mother Lingeer Fatim Yamar died in 1820.[5]
Njembot Mbodj became ruler at an early age, after the deaths of her parents. She soon proved herself an able leader despite her youth; in this, she was aided by her personality, which has been described as being both assertive and brave. In 1831 she got her uncle, Fara Penda Adam Sall Mbodj, elected as brak to replace her cousin Yerim Bagnik Teg Rela Mbodj. After the withdrawal of the French, the Trarza invaded Waalo in an attempt to destabilize the kingdom. Njembot Mbodj arranged for herself a marriage with the leader of the Trarza, Muhammad al-Habib (with whom she had a son called Ely[4]), which united the two kingdoms and made it easier for them to oppose French interests. Forced to flee to Kayor by the Franco-Trarzan War of 1825, she was later able to return home and to contain the power struggle in Waalo. In 1840, at the death of the brak, she managed to engineer the election of Malick Mbodj as replacement. Njembot Mbodj herself died in 1846, and was succeeded by her sister Ndate Yalla Mbodj.[2][4][6]
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Histoire des Waalo-Waalo". FLAM (in French). 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
- 1 2 3 Sheldon, Kathleen (2016-03-04). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4422-6293-5.
- 1 2 3 Imke Weichert (2013-07-02). "Les souveraines dans les systèmes politiques duaux en Afrique : l'exemple de la lingeer au Sénégal". In François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar; Bertrand Hirsch (eds.). Les ruses de l'historien. Essais d'Afrique et d'ailleurs en hommage à Jean Boulègue (in French). KARTHALA Editions. pp. 233–252. ISBN 978-2-8111-0940-0.
- 1 2 3 Emmanuel K. Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. (2 February 2012). "Mboj, Njembot". Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ↑ Lowie, Coumbis Hope (2017-10-19). "Des femmes, des dieux et du sang : les plus grandes reines d'Afrique". Vanity Fair (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ Barsi, Monica; Preda, Alessandra; Le Cantique des cantiques dans les lettres françaises: Convegno internazionale di studi – Gargnano Palazzo Feltrinelli – 24-27 giugno 2015, LED Edizioni Universitarie (2016), p. 326, ISBN 9788879167680
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