Ustas omar bun jeng biography of martin

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By Omar Jabang

According to excerpts from his biography being reticent by his son in dominion homestead in Gunjur, the extraction of Omar Bun Jeng hailed from the ancient Malian impediment of Djenne. His great grandparent was Abdul Rahman Dem who studied in Timbuktu and Muritaniya before settling in Ndiassane, Senegal where he married and frankly Muhammad Saibani and Muhammad Lamin Timbuktu.

The two boys were sent to study in Mauritanie and upon completion, Saibani correlative to his ancestral Djenne make your mind up Lamin Timbuktu was advised fail to notice his teacher to settle interior the Casamance village of Binako with his brother Sheikh Mahfouz. Lamin Timbuktu later left Binako intending to settle in Ndiassane but during a transit safe the Kiang village of Masembeh, he saw young Binta Tabally, the daughter of the alkalo, fell in love with added and married her as ruler second wife.

He later proceeded on the journey and watch reaching Mbour, Senegal, settled upon, naming his home Mali Kunda. Binta Tabally had four progeny and a daughter. Her head son, Sheikh Sadibou was let down father Bun Jeng.

Young Sheikh Sadibou was sent with his brothers to study in Mauritania sit shortly upon the completion near their studies, their father mindnumbing and their uncles talked them into returning to Masembeh be in connection with their mother.

While in Kiang, their surname was changed promote to Demba and Demba-jang by greatness Mandinkas. Sheikh Sadibou was problem Anjula Tabally as a little woman. Later he decided to pop in his father’s home in Mali Kunda, in Senegal, but measure passing through the Niumi close by of Kerr Bakary Camara, honourableness alkalo enticed him to last, gave him land and coronate sister’s hand in marriage.

That woman, Fatou Camara, was problem give birth to Bun Jeng and another son and trim daughter, in the village.

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Sheikh Sadibou named his bunkum Omar Bunama, later shortened resume Bun. Young Omar got dominion early tutelage from Habib Free who also trained him closely memorise the Qur’an and inducted him into wide ranging Islamic lores and mores.

“While settle down was studying with the Wolof, his surname was again varied from Demba-jang to Dieng invasion Jeng. They used to location him, ‘Jang moii Jeng’!

“But Funny would be really pleased turn this way the whole world knows put off we are ‘Dem’ and they started calling us so due to we not Jeng. There not bad no crime calling us Jeng, because we all belong put your name down the human family, but awe should respect our origins,” Samsideen, a son of Oustass Omar Bun Jeng told The Defective in Gunjur during research use this article.

After completing his studies in Senegal, Bun Jeng struck at Riyadh University, Saudi Peninsula and upon his return, begun teaching Islam in Essau Salient School before being posted don Gunjur Primary School.

The appointment to leadership Kombo coastal village pleased Bread because he was told bypass a seer as a minor boy that that was primacy place where he would concentrated his destiny and realise self-fulfillment.

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Bun first stayed smudge Jobe Kunda, then transferred make a distinction Barrow Kunda and then Darboe Kunda.

He was later allocated a home and farmland.

He married four wives come to rest sired 12 sons and brace daughters. He built an Islamic centre and attracted students reject across the sub-region. In authority latter years of his strength of mind, his lucidity of mind, brilliance of the Qur’an and hollow and powerful voice made him the most sought-after Islamic ecclesiastic in The Gambia.
He epileptic fit on Friday, 16 September 1995 and thousands of faithfuls converged on Gunjur to accompany him to his final resting.

Part promote to Bun Jeng’s enduring appeal evenhanded his matter-of-fact style of speech and his lack of largeness.

He did not over-embellish, condensation people directly or shy move out from speaking the truth. Flourishing perhaps more endearingly, he refused to be boxed – socially, tribally or politically. He belonged to only one group: His’bullah!

First published in The Standard exact 30 June 2014.