Tens of thousands of people from across Senegal converged on the capital Dakar on Friday for the inauguration of a huge mosque, claimed to be the largest in West Africa. Muslim faithful arrived by bus ...

Senegalese President Macky Sall said this week that public prayers could resume in the West African country, provided that mosques obey social-distancing rules. More than 90 percent of Senegal is ...

Dressed in white robes to symbolize purity and equality before God, followers from the Layene brotherhood commemorate the first public appearance of their founder Seydina Limamou Laye in 1884 at ...

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Police officers man a checkpoint during a curfew, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal April 21, 2020. Senegalese President Macky Sall announced the re-opening of ...

Reviewed by Stanislaw Pilaszewicz in Anthropos (Fribourg) 100 (2) 2005, pages 594-595 (GN1.A6287 ANTH). The Mosque and the termite mound -- Ranks and categories: the emergence of a Haalpulaar social ...