Amadou Bamba

Amadou Bamba

Ahmadou Bamba, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké (1853–1927) (Aamadu Bamba Mbàkke in Wolof, Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb Allāh (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد بن حبيب الله‎) also known as Khadīmu 'l-Rasūl (Arabic: خادِم الرسول‎) or "The Servant of the messenger", and as Sëriñ Tuubaa or "Cheikh of Tuubaa" in Wolof), was a Muslim Sufi religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya).

Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba was a mystic and religious leader who produced a prodigious quantity of poems and tracts on meditation, rituals, work, and Qur'anic study. Politically, Ahmadou Bamba led a pacifist struggle against French colonialism while not waging outright war on the French as several prominent Tijani marabouts had done.

Read more about Amadou Bamba:  Biography, Facing Colonial Rule, Respected By Mourides