Features & Benefits
- Explores the influential Muridiyya Islamic Sufi order in Senegal.
- Provides a detailed biographical study of its founder, Cheikh Ahmadu Bamba Mbakke.
- Utilizes extensive archival, oral, and iconographic sources in various languages.
- Analyzes the creation of Murid identity and its impact on education and religious culture.
- Challenges current understandings of Muslim institutions in Africa.
- Reveals the complex intersection of genealogy, knowledge, and spiritual power.