Contemporary Dynamics of the Bou Kounta Qadiri Community
By Maria Grosz-Ngaté
Videos
20171213_Causerie-Serigne Abdourahmane Kounta
Date: 2018Format: Image-MovingImage/mp3
Serigne Abdourahamne Kounta takes advantage of his interview with Sunuy Mag TV to address the controversial and long-standing debate about whether or not Gammu is Bid’a (Innovation in religion). Even though he admits that Gammu is Bid’a, he cautions against the fact that detractors of Gammu are pseudo intellectuals who have a narrow understanding of the concept of Bid’a. Elaborating on the topic, he distinguishes two types of Bid’a. Positive and permissible Bid’a on the one hand, negative and reprehensible Bid’a on the other. According to him Gammu belongs to the former type of Bid’a, for, it is based on the concensus of the majority of the Umma, which is after the Holy Quran and the prophetic tradition, a reliable jurisprudential source.
Accomplishments of the Kounta Dynasty in Africa and Senegal
Date: October 10, 2017Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
La dynastie Kounta: Leurs grandes oeuvres en Afrique et au Sénégal Par Serigne Bou Khalifa Kounta Mr. Bou Khalifa Kounta provides a rich overview of the genesis and development of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, beginning with Abdou Khadr al-Jilani who left Iran to study in Iraq to Cheikh Sidi Makhtar al-Kountiyu, who institutionalized the Path in western Africa and initiated Cheikh Sidiyya Baba al-Kabir (ca. 1780-1868) of Mauritania into this Sufi Path. Serigne Kounta points out that Serigne Touba, founder of the Muridiyya, speaks about this genealogy in one of his poems. He also discusses how Cheikh Bounama Kounta, founder of Ndankh, brought the Qadiriyya to Senegal in 1800 and how it spread in Senegambia and in the sub-region. Serigne Bou Khalifa Kounta is an Arabic teacher at a middle school (CEM) in Guediawaye, Senegal, and has conducted extensive research on family history. He frequently speaks at conferences and public events. Video in Wolof; summary by Mr. Gana Ndiaye. Two interviews with Mr. Kounta, translated into French, can be found at: http://aodl.org/islamictolerance/ndiassane//object/37-157-1/
Bouna Boubacar Kounta at Tomb of Cheikh Bounama, Ndankh
Date: December 16, 2016Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
"Bouna Boubacar Kounta: Mausolée de Cheikh Bounama" In this short video, Mr. Boubacar Bouna Kounta speaks about Cheikh Bounama Kounta and his role in the history of Ndankh. Recorded at his ancestor's tomb in the cemetery of Ndankh, he notes that visitors to the cemetery should first come to the tomb as a sign of respect. Video in Wolof; summary by Mr. Gana Ndiaye.
Korite2018-Ndiassane_Message-du-Khalife
Date: 2018Format: Image-MovingImage/mp4
Video clip of the address offered by Khalife El Hadj Mame Bou Mamadou Kounta on the occasion of Aid al-Fitr, the holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan. Aid al-Fitr is known as Korité in Senegal.
