Saafi people

The Saafi people, also called Serer-Safene, Safene, etc., are an ethnic group found in Senegal. Ethnically, they are part of the Serer people but do not speak the Serer language nor a dialect of it. Their language Saafi is classed as one of the Cangin languages.[1][2] In Senegal, they occupy Dakar and the Thies Region.

  1. ^ Frawley, William J., "International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-Volume Set, Volume 1", p 170, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0195139771 [1]
  2. ^ Diallo, Ibrahima, "The Politics of National Languages in Postcolonial Senegal", p 20, Cambria Press, 2010, ISBN 1604977248 [2]