Louis Diène Faye

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| birth_date = 13 February 1936

| birth_place = Joal, (Senegal)

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| nationality = Senegalese

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| occupation = Historian, author, theologian, essayist, songwriter, Member of the Council of BSDA (Dakar)

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| known_for = History and religion

| notable_works = "Mort et Naissance, le monde sereer"

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Louis Diène Faye (born 13 February 1936 at Joal)Faye, Louis Diène, "Mort et Naissance, le monde sereer", Le Nouvelles Editions Africaines (1983), (biography, back cover), {{ISBN|2-7236-0868-9}} is a Senegalese anthropologist,The African book publishing record, Volume 10, Hans Zell Ltd., 1984, p 218, (University of California) author and scholar of Serer religion, history and culture. Himself of Serer heritage, he undertook his secondary schooling at Thiès (in Senegal) before proceeding to study religious sciences and audio-visual at the Catholic University of Lyon.Editor : Ndour, Saliou, "L'Industrie musicale au Sénégal: essai d'analyse", African Books Collective (2008), p 119, {{ISBN|2869782349}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=7NbMs6ysfRUC&dq=Louis+Di%C3%A8ne+Faye&pg=PA119] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)

Faye has authored several books and scientific papers and quoted by many scholars who interacted with him.Boyd-Buggs, Debra, Scott, Joyce Hope, "Camel Tracks: Critical Perspectives on Sahelian Literatures", Africa World Press (2003), p 56, {{ISBN|0865437572}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=OU5smBgGku0C&dq=Louis+Di%C3%A8ne+Faye&pg=PA56] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012) Some of his famous work include :

• "Mort et Naissance, le monde sereer", Le Nouvelles Editions Africaines (1983), {{ISBN|2-7236-0868-9}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=GN1BAAAAYAAJ&q=Louis+Di%C3%A8ne+Faye "Mort et Naissance, le monde sereer" (in) Google books] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)
• "Éducation et mariage: le monde seereer" - tradition orale, Nouvelles Éditions africaines du Sénégal (2006), {{ISBN|2723614662}}In Stanford [http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6817830] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)[https://books.google.com/books?id=FrIwAQAAIAAJ&q=Louis+Di%C3%A8ne+Faye "Le Prophète William Wade Harris: son message d'humilité et de progrès" (in) Google books] (Retrieved : 10 May 2012)