Gambia: Who Takes On Sheriff Kebba Hydara's Shoes?

5 November 2014

The death of venerable Caliph Sheriff Kebba Hydara of Brufut has inevitably invited the question on the lips of people here and abroad as to who next will take over and continue the legendary footprints of the great leader.

The 92-year-old Caliph who went to sleep late Friday evening was perhaps the single most respected religious personality in The Gambia, a magnet that attracts massive following and discipleship across the people of Senegambia and their many diverse and cultural and ethnic identities.

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