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Qadiri Community of Buh Kunta
By Maria Grosz-Ngate and Toba Diagne Haїdara
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Ahmed Bashir Kunta (Ahmed Bachir Kounta)
Date: January 2007Mr. Ahmed Bashir Kunta in his office at RTS, the Senegalese national radio and television station.
Area of former springs (séanes)
Date: December 2007Area on the outskirts of Ndiassane where, according to oral tradition, Shaykh Buh Kunta made springs erupt that greatly improved the agricultural potential.
Buh Khalifa Kunta (Bou Khalifa Kounta) 1
Date: 2007Mr. Buh Muhamed Kunta, known as Buh Khalifa, at his home in Parcelles Assainies, Dakar. Photo taken after interview.
Buh Khalifa Kunta (Bou Khalifa Kounta) 2
Date: 2007Mr. Buh Khalifa Kunta with his children at his home in Parcelles Assainies, Dakar. Photo taken after interview.
El Haj Mamadu Kunta (El Hadj Mamadou Kounta)
Framed photo of Khalif El Haj Mamadu Kunta (center), the third khalif, with Shaykh Mbacke (left), grandson of Shaykh Amadu Bamba, and son El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu (right). Photographed in room where Khalif El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta received the authors.
El Haj Mamadu Kunta (El Hadj Mamadou Kounta)
Part of framed photo of El Haj Mamadu Kunta, third khalif of Ndiassane.
El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta (Mame Bou Mamadou Kounta)
Framed photo of El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta in his younger years, taken upon his return from Mecca. Photographed in the room of Khalif El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu where he received the authors.
Fields outside Ndiassane
Date: December 2007Fields on the outskirts of Ndiassane near the area of the former springs (séanes). The photo shows how dry this area is between rainy seasons.
Khalif El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta (El Hadj Mame Bou Mamadou Kounta)
Date: January 2007El Haj Mame Mamadu Kunta, sixth khalif and first of Shaykh Buh Kunta's grandsons to accede to the khalifate. Photographed after the interview with the authors and Mr. Makhtar Njaga Kone (in foreground).
Khalif El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta (El Hadj Mame Bou Mamadou Kounta)
Date: January 2007Khalif El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta, sixth khalif and first of Shaykh Buh Kunta's grandsons to acceded to the khalifat. Photographed after the interview with the authors.
Khalif Shaykh Buh Mohamed Kunta (Cheikh Bou Mohamed Kounta)
Framed photo of Khalif Shaykh Buh Mohamed Kunta, the fifth khalif and the last of Buh Kunta's sons who acceded to the khalifat. Shaykh Buh Mohamed is on the right; El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta, the khalif who succeeded Shaykh Buh Mohamed, is in the middle. Photographed in the room where the authors were received by Khalif El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu.
Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta (Sidi Lamine Kounta)
Framed photo of Khalif Sidi Lamine Kounta in his later years. Photographed in the home of Shaykh Moussa Diakhate, Rufisque, Senegal. This image seems to be the only available photo of him as khalif.Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta Guest Residence
Date: 2011Three photos showing the guest residence Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta had constructed in Ndiassane to accommodate pilgrims. Images include the building facade, courtyard, and an internal hallway.
Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta Guest Residence (1)
Date: 2011Partial view of the façade of a residence Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta had constructed in Ndiassane to accommodate pilgrims. Photographed on a rainy day.
Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta Guest Residence (2)
Date: 2011Interior courtyard of residence Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta had constructed in Ndiassane to accommodate pilgrims. Photographed on a rainy day.
Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta Guest Residence (3)
Date: 2011Interior hallway of residence Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta had constructed in Ndiassane to accommodate pilgrims.
Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta legacy (4)
Date: 2007Water retention basin constructed by Khalif Sidi Lamin Kunta.
Khalif Sidy Yakhya Kunta with Shaykh Mussa Jaxate (Moussa Diakhate)
Framed photo of Shaykh Moussa Diakhate with Khalif Sidy Yakhya Kounta. Photographed in the home of Mr. Diakhate, Rufisque, Senegal.
Path leading to area of former séanes
Date: December 2007Path on the outskirts of Ndiassane leading to the area where the springs (séanes) had been located.
Pilgrims Doussou Sangare and Fatoumata Soucko
Date: April 7, 2007Mrs. Doussou Sangare and Mrs. Fatoumata Soucko, from the Hamdallaye neighborhood of Bamako, Mali. Photographed during the 2007 gàmmu in Ndiassane.
Rock near Ndiassane
Date: December 2007Rock that is said to bear the imprint of the fingers of Shaykh Buh Kunta's hand along a path in the fields on the outskirts of Ndiassane.
Shaykh Bekkai Faal (Cheikh Bécaye Fall)
Date: January 5, 2007Shaykh Bekkai Faal during interview in Ndiassane. Faal is the Wolof equivalent of the Malian surname Coulibaly.
Shaykh Buh al-Bekkai Kunta (Cheikh Bou al-Bécaye Kounta)
Date: January 2008Cropped photo of the first khalif of Buh Kunta, Shaykh Buh al- Békkai. The full framed photo includes two other religious leaders who were obscured by the glare from the camera flash. Photographed in the home of Shaykh Mussa Diakhate, Rufisque, Senegal.
Shaykh Buh Njaay (Cheikh Bou Ndiaye) (1)
Date: 2007Photo of Shaykh Buh Njaay in his home in Thiès, Senegal, taken after the interview with the authors.
Shaykh Buh Njaay (Cheikh Bou Ndiaye) (2)
Date: 2007Photo of Shaykh Buh Njaay in his home in Thiès, Senegal, taken after the interview with the authors.
Shaykh Buh Njaay (Cheikh Bou Ndiaye) (3)
Date: 2007Photo of Shaykh Buh Njaay in his home in Thiès, Senegal, taken after the interview with the authors.
Shaykh Mamadu Mbodj (Cheikh Mamadou Mbodj)
Date: August 2007Shaykh Mamadu Mbodj in his home in Bargny at the interview with the authors.
Shaykh Pape Malick Beye
Date: January 2007Shaykh Pape Malick Beye, director of one of the four Koranic schools in Ndiassane.
Shaykh Saad Buh
Date: 1900Shaykh Saad Buh (ca. 1850-1917) receiving disciples, with period furniture and rug, ca. 1900.
Shaykh Sidiyya Baba in Caravan
Date: 1903Shaykh Sidiyya Baba (1862-1924) traveling in a camel caravan with his entourage, 1903. He stands out by his white robes, signifying a Muslim scholar or marabout. The picture came from the Fonds Auguste Terrien at the Institut de France in Paris. It was supplied to David Robinson by Ghislaine Lydon and placed in his book, "Paths of Accommodation."
Sons and main followers of Shaykh Buh Kunta
Photo taken by Paul Marty in Ndiassane in which he identifies the four eldest sons of Shaykh Buh Kunta. It is titled:les fils et les principaux talibés de Bou Kounta, à Ndiassane
- Abd Er-Rahman. – 2. Bekkaï. – 3. Khalifa. – 4. Sidi Lamin.
Soxna Astuh Kunta (Sokhna Astou Kounta)
Date: August 2011Photo of Soxna Astuh Kunta in her room in the residence of Khalif El Haj Mame Buh Mamadu Kunta.
Warc 265, El Haj Shaykh Buh Kunta Jamm (El Hadj Cheikh Bou Kounta Thiam)
Date: January 2008El Haji Buh Kunta Jamm, named after Shaykh Buh Kunta, in his home in the Medina neighborhood of Dakar. Photographed after the interview with the authors.
