Maad a Sinig (variations : Mad a Sinig, 'Maad Sine, Maat Sine, Bour Sine, Bur Sine, etc.) means king of Sine. The ancient Kingdom of Sine, now part of Senegal, was a pre-colonial Serer kingdom. Their kings were titled Maad or Maad (also spelled Mad or Maat). The royal title Maad is sometimes used interchangeably with their ancient kings and landowners - the Lamanes.Oliver, Roland, Fage, John Donnelly & Sanderson, G. N. The Cambridge History of Africa, Cambridge University Press, 1985, p. 214 Faal, Dawda, Peoples and empires of Senegambia: Senegambia in history, AD 1000-1900, Saul's Modern Printshop, 1991, p. 17Ajayi, F. Ade & Crowder, Michael. History of West Africa, Volume 1. Longman, 1985, p. 468 Galvan, Dennis C., The State Must be Our Master of Fire, University of California Press, 2004, p. 270 Diouf, Marcel Mahawa, Lances mâles : Léopold Sédar Senghor et les traditions Sérères, Centre d'études linguistiques et historiques par tradition orale, Niamey, 1996, p. 54 Between 1350 and 1969 (the Guelowar period - the last maternal dynasty in Serer country), more than fifty Serer kings have been crowned Maad a Sinig.
Kings of Sine titled Maad a Sinig Maad a Sinig Waagaan Tening Jom FayeFata Ndiaye, « La saga du peuple sérère et l'Histoire du Sine », in Éthiopiques (revue), numéro 54, vol. 7, 2e semestre 1991 Maad a Sinig Wagane Kumba Sanjan Faye (var : Waagaan Kumbasaanjaan Faye in Serer language). Maad a Sinig Laasuk Fanaan Faye Maad a Sinig Sanmoon Faye Maad a Sinig Niokhobaye Mane Niane JoofDiouf, Chronique du royaume du Sine, loc. cit., p. 712-733 Maad a Sinig Gejopal Mane Niane Joof Maad a Sinig Ama Joof Gnilane Faye Joof, king of Sine (reigned : 1825-1853) Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Famak Joof, king of Sine (reigned: 1853-1871) Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Fa Ndeb Joof, king of Sine (reigned: 1898-1924) Maad a Sinig M'Backeh Kodu Njie (M'Backé Mak), king of Sine (reigned: 1884-1885)Klein, Martin A., Islam and Imperialism in Senegal. Sine-Saloum, 1847-1914, Edinburgh University Press, 1968, p. XV Maad a Sinig Mahecor Joof, king of Sine (reigned: 1924-1969)Sheridan, Michael J. et Nyamweru, Celia, African sacred groves: ecological dynamics & social change, James Currey, 2008, p. 141
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