- Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké
El Hadji Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, or
Shaykh Bara Mbacké (born 1925) is theGrand Marabout of theMouride movement inSenegal . He ascended to the post after the death of his uncle,Serigne Saliou Mbacke , on 28 December 2007.Shaykh Bara Mbacké is the sixth
caliph of Mouridism and the first not be a son of ShaykhAmadou Bamba , the founder of the Mouride movement. Bara Mbacké succeeded Serigne Saliou Mbacke as Shaykh who was credited for his transformation of the village of Touba into Senegal's second largest city, [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/13D0F3A3-1F53-4EF7-BCCB-37A0D55DAA77.htm "Senegalese Islamic leader dies"] , Al Jazeera, December 30, 2007.] and for the enormous growth in popular devotion and political power of the brotherhood both throughout West Africa and (through the diaspora) the world. It has been reported that Serigne Saliou Mbacke personally chose his successor, that the five grandsons of Amadou Bamba (including Serigne Saliou Mbacke's son, Serigne Moustapha Saliou Mbacké) have all pledged their loyalty to the new caliph, and that Bara Mbacké was visited by both PresidentAbdoulaye Wade and Senegalese opposition leaders within 48 hours of his uncle's passing. [ [http://www.seneweb.com/news/article/14000.php ATTITUDE - Présentation de condoléances : Serigne Moustapha Saliou boude Wade] , LeQuotidien: 31 Dec 2007. and [http://www.seneweb.com/news/article/14006.php MANOEUVRES POLITIQUES A TOUBA : Ayant boudé le Président Wade, Serigne Moustapha Saliou reçoit Macky Sall] , Nettali: 31 Dec 2007.]Bara Mbacké is the first son of Mouhamadou Fallilou Mbacké, himself the first son of Shaykh Amadou Bamba. At 82 he is the oldest man to be appointed caliph of the Mouride. He is reported to have been trained by his father while caliph (1945-1968), and is said to speak a number of languages, including Arabic, French, and English.
References
* [http://www.avomm.com/PORTRAIT-DE-MOUHAMADOU-LAMINE-BARA-MBACKE-LE-NOUVEAU-KHALIF-GENERAL-DES-MOURIDES_a3960.html PORTRAIT DE MOUHAMADOU LAMINE BARA MBACKE LE NOUVEAU KHALIF GENERAL DES MOURIDES] , Nettali.net, 29 December, 2007.
* [http://www.sunugalsene.com/Nouveau-Khalif-de-Touba-Serigne.html Nouveau Khalif de Touba : Serigne Bara Falilou choisit ses hommes] , Nettali 31 December 2007.
* [http://www.senxibar.info/index.php?action=article&numero=2097 Mouhamadou Lamine Bara MBACKE : Un intellectuel doublé d'un travailleur] , Wal Fadjri, source unknown.
* [http://www.rewmi.com/index.php?action=article&numero=7413 Serigne Bara Mbacké intronisé dans la discipline mouride] , Le Soliel (Senegal)
* [http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN029892.html Senegal's powerful Mouride caliph dies at 92] , Reuters Africa, Sun 30 Dec 2007.
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2919142320071229 FACTBOX: Senegal's powerful Mourides have global reach] , Reuters, 29 Dec 2007
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7164662.stm Senegal brotherhood leader dies] , BBC News, 29 December 2007
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