Sayerr Jobe was the founder of Serekunda, the largest city in The Gambia.
[1] Sayerr was originally from the town in Koki in the Kingdom of Cayor, in what is now northern Senegal.
[2][1] He migrated to the region in the mid 19th century and is believed to have initially settled around Jinack Island [de], before relocating to the southern bank of the Gambia river where he established 'Sayerr Kunda', which over time transformed into 'Sere Kunda'.
[3] Today, one of the major thoroughfares of Serrekunda is named after him.
Its renaming under president Yahya Jammeh, later reversed by his successor Adama Barrow, was controversial.