Name: Nioro du Rip Department
Address: Nioro du Rip Department, West Africa & Sahel

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Maba Diakhou Bâ

Senegambian marabout and Almami (1809 – 18 July 1867), a Quran teacher of the Rip (Badibu) of Denianke descent who became a disciple of the Tijaniyya, met El Hadj Umar Tall in 1846 and was named by him Tijani leader for the region. From 1861 he ruled the Rip and then most of Saloum, founded Nioro du Rip, converted Lat Dior and Alboury Ndiaye, defeated the French at Pathé Badiane in 1865, and was killed at the battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune (Somb) on 18 July 1867; his tomb at Fandène is a place of pilgrimage.

Nioro du Rip Department

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Maba Diakhou Bâ