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'In the Name of God i wIll Sing Again, Mawdo Malik the Good': Popular Music and the Senegalese Sufi Tariqas

'In the Name of God i wIll Sing Again, Mawdo Malik the Good': Popular Music and the Senegalese... 'IN THE NAME OF GOD I WILL SING AGAIN, MAWDO MALIK THE GOOD': POPULAR MUSIC AND THE SENEGALESE SUFI TARIQAS* BY FIONA Mc LAUGHLIN (University of Kansas) Marabouts in Senegalese popular music In recent years a new genre of popular song devoted to the praise of marabouts or Sufi leaders has emerged on the Senegalese musical hori- zon. Almost every Senegalese popular singer, including international stars like Youssou Ndour and Baaba Maal, has a repertoire that includes laudatory songs to leaders within the various Sufi tariqas that claim fol- lowings in Senegal. The emergence of this new genre of song is derived from two sources: first, the praise-singing tradition of the griot or ver- bal artist, and, second, the numerous Sufi ceremonies that take place during the Islamic year and of which singing is an integral component (Mc Laughlin 1997). While the most conspicuous manifestations of Sufism in Senegalese popular culture are associated with the indigenous Mouride tariqa whose founder, Cheikh Amadou Bamba, is the subject of numer- ous praise songs, the original emergence of the Sufi popular song is more closely linked to the Tivaouane zawiya of the Tijaniyya, the home of the maraboutic family who are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

'In the Name of God i wIll Sing Again, Mawdo Malik the Good': Popular Music and the Senegalese Sufi Tariqas

Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 30 (2): 191 – Jan 1, 2000

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Brill
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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0022-4200
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1570-0666
DOI
10.1163/157006600X00645
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'IN THE NAME OF GOD I WILL SING AGAIN, MAWDO MALIK THE GOOD': POPULAR MUSIC AND THE SENEGALESE SUFI TARIQAS* BY FIONA Mc LAUGHLIN (University of Kansas) Marabouts in Senegalese popular music In recent years a new genre of popular song devoted to the praise of marabouts or Sufi leaders has emerged on the Senegalese musical hori- zon. Almost every Senegalese popular singer, including international stars like Youssou Ndour and Baaba Maal, has a repertoire that includes laudatory songs to leaders within the various Sufi tariqas that claim fol- lowings in Senegal. The emergence of this new genre of song is derived from two sources: first, the praise-singing tradition of the griot or ver- bal artist, and, second, the numerous Sufi ceremonies that take place during the Islamic year and of which singing is an integral component (Mc Laughlin 1997). While the most conspicuous manifestations of Sufism in Senegalese popular culture are associated with the indigenous Mouride tariqa whose founder, Cheikh Amadou Bamba, is the subject of numer- ous praise songs, the original emergence of the Sufi popular song is more closely linked to the Tivaouane zawiya of the Tijaniyya, the home of the maraboutic family who are

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Published: Jan 1, 2000

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