Cheikh Anta Mbacke Babou

Domaine de recherche	l'Afrique
Pays de résidence	États-Unis d'Amérique
Titre	Assistant Professor
Affiliation	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Adresse électronique	cheikh@sas.upenn.edu
Adresse	Department of History University of Pennsylvania College Hall, 306G Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6379 USA
Téléphone/Télécopie	phone: 215-898-2188
Pays de spécialisation	Senegal
Recherche	My work is about Islam and particularly Sufi Islam and education in Senegal and West Africa. I am also interested in the contemporary Senegalese diasporas in Europe and the United States.
Enseignement	Sufi Islam and education in Senegal and West Africa. Contemporary Senegalese diasporas in Europe and the United States.
Publications	2007 Fighting the greater jihad: Amadu Bamba and the founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853-1913. Athens : Ohio University Press. 2002 "Brotherhood Solidarity, Education and Migration: The Role of the Dahira among the Murid Community of New York." African Affairs, 101 (April 2002): 151-170. 1997 "Autour de la Genèse du Mouridisme." Islam and Société au Sud du Sahara, No. 11 (Novembre 1997): 5-36.
Mots-clés	Sufi Islam ; education ; Senegalese diaspora.