Posts Tagged ‘Touba’
The Great Mosque of Touba
In an earlier article, we noted that amidst the great commotion of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, there is an image of one man nearly everywhere, on doors, on walls, outside and inside, the image of the saint, poet, and mystic named Sheik Amadou Bamba. In this follow-up report, we become acquainted with the sacred city of Touba which Bamba founded, the Great Mosque of Touba whose construction he began, and the annual pilgrimage that his followers make each year to honor his exile from Senegal by the French colonizers. That exile simply caused Sheik Bamba’s following to grow, but more importantly, his exile caused people to find a way, through faith, to restore their dignity. Read the rest of this entry »