One such city is New York, where Muslims of West African descent have organized an "annual Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Day parade" for over twenty years. Celebrations like these create platforms to "redefine the boundaries of their African identities, cope with the stigma of blackness, and counteract an anti-Muslim backlash".

Jul 27, 2018 · That’s true of Amadou Bamba Mbacke, a Senegalese Sufi poet, mystic, and peaceful resistor who lived from 1853 to 1927, and is now celebrated every July 28 in New York. Bamba, as he’s...

On July 28, 2024, the Murid Islamic Community in America (MICA) celebrated Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba Day with a march from 116th Street to the State Office Building, led by Serigne Mame Mor Mbacké, the grandson of the Murid brotherhood’s founder.

Mar 21, 2008 · The week-long celebration begins on July 21 and ends on July 28, Amadou Bamba Day, with a huge parade down 116th street, through Little Senegal. The overwhelming majority of the men and women in this parade were originally from Touba (pronounced ta-wa-ba), the second largest city in Senegal and the location of Bamba’s sacred burial place.

On July 28th, the United Nations celebrated the annual Cheikh Amadou Bamba Day with the Senegalese community. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, an Islam sufi master born in Senegal, lived from 1853 to 1927 under French colonial rule.

For over two decades, West African Muslims from the Murid Sufi Brotherhood come together at the annual Cheikh Amadou Bamba Day march in Harlem, New York. Scholar Zain Abdullah calls it “a major site where they redefine the boundaries of their African identities, cope with the stigma of blackness, and counteract an anti-Muslim backlash”.

Jun 8, 2022 · In the late 1800s, the Mourides (meaning “disciple”) emerged as a peaceful resistance movement against French imperialism. Bamba, their leader, stood in a lineage of Sufi marabouts, or holy men,...

Feb 14, 2025 · A Atlanta, Chicago, Washington ou New York, de grandes foules s’étaient formées hier pour célébrer le «Bamba Day», la journée que les Américains ont dédiée de façon officielle au fondateur du Mouridisme.

Aug 1, 2023 · 28 juillet, journée Cheikh Ahmad Bamba à Harlem… Depuis, une série de conférences sur la vie et l’oeuvre de Khadimu Rasul au siège des Nations Unies, des réflexions sur l’impact du Mouridisme...

The cornerstone of these activities, however, is the Bamba Day parade, a long procession of African men, women, and children marching up Seventh Avenue from Central Park North (110th Street) to 125th Street.