Senegal: Millions Celebrate 'Mouridism' in Senegal

4 February 2010

Dakar — All roads in Senegal lead to Touba where an estimated four million Muslims from across the world are this week celebrating the 115th 'Grand Magal of Touba'.

The yearly event is in commemoration of the exile to Gabon in 1895 of the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood, Sheikh Amadou Bamba.

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