Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke (Wolof: Ahmadu Bamba Mbacke, Arabic: أحمد بن محمد بن حبيب الله Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn ḥabīb Allāh, 1853–1927) [1] Also Known to followers as khādimu ' of the Messenger" and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Tuubaa", was a Sufi saint (Wali) and religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya). Mbacke produced poems and tracts on meditation, rituals, work, and Quranic study. He led a pacifist struggle against the French colonial empire traveling across the Atlantic ocean while not waging outright war on the French like several prominent Tijani marabouts had done.
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