بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
"Njabootu madi suka"
The family of Mamut Yassin Ceesay are different descendants of Mam Madi Suka
All those claiming to belong to this family today meet at Mam Madi Suka. The word "Njabootu" in Wolof, means family of. This family of Madi Suka involves those from Musa Yassin, Mamut Yassin, Sait Kani, Musa Begay and Musa Ndumbeh. The grandchildren of these above-mentioned people now live in different parts of the world. Musa Yassin and Mamut Yassin were from Sait Hincha Njomeh while Sait Kani, Musa Begay and Musa Ndumbeh were from Bakary Kura Gai. We were told again that the father of Sait Hincha Njomeh and Bakary Kura Gai was Madi Suka. Hal Nganda was the father of Madi Suka, while Hal Nganda's father was called Malick. Malick's father was Demba Kholeh, who was the son of Madi Bakarr. The above information shows that:
Madi Bakarr was the father of Demba Kholeh,
Demba Kholeh was the father of Malick Halima
Malick Halima was the father of Hal Nganda ( Nganda Jama) and Madi Jama Malick
Hal Nganda (Nganda Jama) was the father of Madi Suka, and Malick Haisata
Madi Suka was the father of Sait Hincha Njomeh and Bakary Kura Gai,
Sait Hincha Njomeh was the father of Musa Yassin and Mamut Yassin,
Bakary Kura Gai was the father of Sait Kani, Musa Begay and Musa Numbeh.
WHO WAS MADI BAKARR CEESAY?
According to Kebba Ceesay of Kerr Masarr in Dakar, Senegal and Fafa Bella Jeng of Sanchi Dimbu Nganda, Madi Bakarr was a great religious leader who was living in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa. Madi Bakarr's real name was Mahdi Ababacarr. One of his principles was to live in a quiet place where he would be worshipping God. Time went by and a leadership chaos broke out where he was living. He told Ngambie Bella Jeng that he would move to a peaceful place where he would be able to worship the Almighty Allah freely.
He and Ngambie Bella Jeng then decided to relocate to Timbuktu in Mali. While in Mali, the kings in Senegal used to send delegations to him seeking his prayers. One of these kings was Burr Ba Jollof. Later on, he was invited to Senegal by the kings. He came with Ngambie Bella Jeng and about twelve different families; some of them were the Tourays, Camaras, Mannehs, Jakhatehs just to name a few. This source is from Fafa Bella Jeng a well-known griot in Sanchi Dimbu, Senegal who also got it from his grandfather Sait Matty Jeng and his father Momat Jehu Jeng who were also well-known griots in the Senegambian region.
On his way to Senegal, Madi Bakarr was arrived at Wayenduari around 1pm under a very hot sun. While they were very thirsty and resting under a big tree, one of them felt a drop of water on his back. They were wondering where that drop of water mighty have come from. One of them climbed up the big tree and saw a deep hole full of water. He realized that there was a small alligator called "Barr" in Wolof that had passed through the water and caused that drop of water. Madi Bakarr said his family would start honoring that animal which resulted in the Ceesay family not eating the small alligator "Barr". We see that starting from that day up till now Ceesay family will never eat "Barr", meaning the small alligator.
His third stop was Manding. This is where he had married a young girl who was about to be scarified by the villagers. In this place the water so salty and undrinkable. The villagers believed that unless they throw a young virgin girl to the big snake in the river, they would not get drinkable water. Madi Bakarr was able to kill that big snake and eventually married the girl; but it was not certain whether he came with that young girl to Senegal or not.
We have known of Mam Madi Bakar's wives, but at no point in time he had more than four wives at a time.
They were:
Mam Kemess Leigh
Mam Penda Bah
Mam Ngungi Lo
Mam Mbass Njellen
Mam Jelleh Katim
Mam Fady Matta
From Manding, he came to Futa Torro in Senegal. While in that place, he was married to a lady called Kemess Leigh and from her he got the following children:
Bakary Kemess
Biran Kemess
Barro Kemess (Most of those from Bati Ndarr were from this man)
Yama Kemess
From Futa Torro, Madi Bakarr went to Jollof, Senegal. The king, Burr Ba Jollof wanted him to stay in Jollof and he gave him a lady called Penda Bah to marry. They had two children, namely:
Sulayman Penda Bah (most of those from Simbara, Bantantu and Gimbala were from this man)
Bakary Penda Bah
Mam Madi Bakarr later move to Pakala or Njambour where he was married to Ngungi Lo. They had these children:
Demba Kholeh Njoungi Lo
Fatima Njoungi Lo
Maimuna Njoungi Lo
Madi Bakarr also went to Kawoon and had married Mbass Njellen. They had the following children:
Handala Mbass
Musa Mbass
Khassoum Mbass (founder of Ndaharr Posteh Village in Senegal)
Hantuman Mbass
He was also given Jelleh Katim to marry by Cheikh Katim Juma Bah. They were blessed with these three:
Njangan Jelleh
Bassi Jelleh
Katim Jelleh
Mam Madi Bakarr had also married another lady called Mam Fady Matta, but I don't know where he got her from.
He and Mam Fady Matta had these three children:
Mamut Fady Matta
Musa Fady Matta
Bakary Fady Matta
One of his sons, Mam Demba Kholeh who founded Sanchi Dimbu village in Senegal in 1495 had nine children, they were:
Malick Halima (father of Madi Jama Malick) who was the founder of Keliman village in Senegal.
Ma Ganie Demba (father of Ma Pateh Halima) who was the founder of Jokul village in Senegal.
Omar Jogub was the founder of Danku village in Senegal.
Biran Demba
Seedy Demba
Sait Demba
Musa kani Demba
Hantuman Demba
Madi Kumba Jay