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Pl. 1. Amadu Bamba’s arrival in the port of Dakar on his return from exile in Gabon, November 1902. Painting by Alpha Wali Diallo, commissioned by Oumar Ba to illustrate Oumar Ba, Ahmadou Bamba face aux autorités coloniales (Abbeville: Fayard, 1982). Reproduced by permission of Oumar Ba. Pl. 2. Amadu Bamba teaching disciples in front of his house. Reverse glass painting. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 3. The trial of Amadu Bamba in the office of the governor-general of West Africa in Saint-Louis. Painting by Alpha Wali Diallo, commissioned by Oumar Ba to illustrate Oumar Ba, Ahmadou Bamba face aux autorités coloniales (Abbeville: Fayard, 1982). Reproduced by permission of Oumar Ba. Pl. 4. Homecoming celebration in Daaru Salaam organized by Amadu Bamba’s brother, Sheikh Anta Mbakke, after Bamba’s return from Gabon. Reverse glass painting by Mor Guèye from Allen Roberts and Mary N. Roberts, A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal (Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Natural History, 2003). Reproduced with the permission of the Fowler Museum. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 5. Sokhna Njakhat Sylla, a wife of Amadu Bamba. Pl. 6. Cell in the basement of the governorgeneral ’s palace where Amadu Bamba was kept in custody while awaiting trial. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 7. Mausoleum of Jaara Buso, Amadu Bamba’s mother, in Porokhaan. Site of a popular annual pilgrimage, mostly attended by women. At the time this photograph was taken, a large project to remodel and extend the mausoleum was almost completed. Pl. 8. Gigis tree in Porokhaan where Amadu Bamba’s father, Momar Anta Sali, taught his disciples from 1865 to 1872. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 9. Mosque of Diourbel. Pl. 10. Mosque of Tuubaa. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 11. Murid businesses in “Little Senegal,” Harlem, New York City. Pl. 12. Murids marching during the annual celebration of Amadu Bamba Day (July 28) in New York City. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 13. The late Cheikh Murtala Mbakke, youngest son of Amadu Bamba, and Mayor David Dinkins at New York City Hall. Pl. 14. William Ponty, governorgeneral of French West Africa (1908–15), in full ceremonial dress. Reproduced by permission of the author from Oumar Ba, Ahmadou Bamba face aux autorités coloniales (Abbeville: Fayard, 1982). You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 15. Amadu Bamba. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 16. One of the four small minarets of the great mosque of Tuubaa. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Pl. 17. The well of mercy, dug at the instruction of Amadu Bamba in Tuubaa in the late nineteenth century; a major pilgrimage site for Murid disciples. Pl. 18. Mihrab, or prayer niche, of the mosque of Tuubaa. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio...

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