Amadou Bamba
Ahmadu Bamba Ibn Anta Saly Mbacke (Wolof: Ahmadu Bamba Mbacke, Arabic: أحمد بن محمد بن انت صلي Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Anta saly, 1853–1927) also known to followers as Khādimu 'al-Rasūl (خادِم الرسول) or "The Servant of the Messenger" and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Tuubaa", was a Sufi saint (Wali) and religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya).
Ahmadu Bamba | |
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Bamba (ca. 1913) | |
| Born | 1853 |
| Died | 1927 (aged 73–74) |
| Resting place | Touba |
| Title | Sufi saint (Wali) |
| Parent(s) | Maam Mor Anta Saly Mbacke and Mame Diarra Bousso |
Aḥmadu produced poems and tracts on meditation, rituals, work, and Quranic study. He led a pacifist struggle against the French colonial empire travelling across the Atlantic Ocean while not waging outright war on the French like several prominent Tijani marabouts had done.
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