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Senegal

السنغال

West Africa's westernmost state, largely Muslim.

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Region
West Africa & Sahel
Identifiers
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Home of
Ousmane Sembène
Birthplace of
Sadio Mané· Serigne Mouhamadou Moustapha Mbacké· Serigne Mountakha Mbacké· Sulayman Bal
Place of death of
Serigne Babacar Sy

People and things also explored

Abdul Kader Kane· Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Sy· El Hadj Malik Sy· Serigne Fallou Mbacké· Dakar· Saint-Louis· Touba· Yoff

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Senegal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/senegal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Abdul Kader Kane

Abdul Kader Kane (c. 1726–1807), a Torodbe scholar and qadi from the Saloum who in 1776 became the first Almaami of the Islamic Imamate of Futa Toro, succeeding Sulayman Bal. He ruled for thirty years: he defeated the Brakna and Trarza Moors, barred the French slave trade through his state, was captured after the Bunxoy disaster of 1796 and released, and was killed in 1807 on the French article's and Wikidata's dating — the English article instead places his death at the battle of Gouriki in 1806.