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	Amadou Bamba Summary
		Amadou Bamba was born in M'Backe, Senegal, into a Wolof family of Toucouleur origins, the son of a minor Islamic holy man and teacher.
		Ahmadou Bamba (1850-1927) (Aamadu Bàmba Mbàkke in Wolof, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb Allāh in Arabic, also known as Khadīmu 'l-Rasūl or "The Servant of the Prophet" in Arabic, and as Sëriñ Tuubaa or "Holy Man of Tuubaa" in Wolof), muslim Sufi religious leader in Senegal, founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya).
		By this symbolic pray and this bold standpoint in the sanctuary of the deniers of Islam, Cheik Ahmadou Bamba came to impel a new form of nonviolent resistance to the aimings evangelists of the colonizer.
	www.bookrags.com /Amadou_Bamba (1422 words)

	Touba, Senegal - Sacred Sites - Martin Gray
		Bamba was born in the village of Mbacké-Baol and lived from 1850 to 1927.
		Bamba did not consider himself a prophet but rather a messenger of God (one of the basic tenets of Islam is that there can be no other prophets after Muhammad, but the members of the Senegalese brotherhoods cite a passage in the Koran which states that God will send messengers every 100 years.
		Although Amadou Bamba never proselytized on a national level, his fame grew rapidly through the efforts of his followers, and people flocked to him to receive the salvation that he promised his followers.
	www.sacredsites.com /africa/senegal/touba.html (1368 words)

	KINTI Info
		Amadou Bamba föddes i en etablerad tuculeurfamilj i Mbacké Baol i norra Senegal omkring 1850.
		I sju år och sju månader var Bamba i exil.
		Bamba fick också tusentals nya anhängare trots att han inte ens var kvar i landet.
	www.kinti.se /webbtidning/artikel_4_050909.html (1675 words)

	African Online Digital Library - AODL
		Bamba’s celestial forehead and peaked turban represent the mosque’s dome while the minaret alludes to Lamp Falls’ critical role in the propagation of the Mouride movement.
		Description: Announcement of the Magal (pilgrimage) to the tomb of Mame Diarra Bousso (the mother of Sheikh Amadou Bamba) in the rural town of Porokhane.
		The tomb of Sokhna Maïmouna Mbacké, youngest and last surviving daughter of Amadou Bamba, is under construction in the holy city of Touba shortly after her death in 1999.
	www.aodl.org /passport.php (3249 words)

	Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe\| Exhibitions : Current
		Mourides are known for their hard work, peaceful presence, and their art forms honoring the mystic, poet and pacifist, Sheik Amadou Bamba (1853-1927).
		In this narrative detail from the Bel-Air factory mural, Amadou Bamba miraculously calms a lion sent by his enemies to destroy him.
		A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal» was organized and produced by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, and curated by Dr. Mary Nooter Roberts and Dr. Allen F. Roberts in collaboration with Senegalese community leaders and artists in both Dakar and Los Angeles.
	www.moifa.org /exhibitions/current.html (757 words)

	Les religions au Sénégal
		Le fondateur, Mamadou Bamba, est né à Mbacké-Baol en 1853.
		Cheikh Amadou Bamba, pour remercier son disciple, exempta Lamp Fall du jeûne pour le récompenser de ses services.
		Lors des Magals commémorant les différentes étapes de la vie de Cheikh Amadou Bamba le nombre de pèlerins est époustouflant à tel point qu'on a l'impression que le Sénégal entier est à Touba.
	www.senegalaisement.com /senegal/religion_senegal.php (4453 words)

	Silimbo D'Adeane - Travel to Senegal, West Africa this year!
		This city was built by Cheikh Amadou Bamba, the Senefgalese Sufi saint most widely known beyond Sengal's borders.
		Cheik Amadou Bamba is the most famous Sengalese spiritual leader of the twentieth century, a muslim cleric and a hero of Senegal's struggle against French colonial rule.
		Universite Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, for eighteen years has been the center of cross cultural understanding in Senegal.
	www.silimbo.com /tour2.html (446 words)

	Touba on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The terminus of a branch line from main Dakar-Niger RR, it is located in peanut-growing region.
		Touba is the religious center of the Mourides, an African Islamic Sufi brotherhood founded (1887) by Sheik Amadou Bamba Mbacke, and is the site of an annual pilgrimage commemorating his exile.
		Magazines and Newspapers for: Touba or search in Pictures and Maps for Touba
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Touba.asp (275 words)

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