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BBC – The Mourides of Senegal

August 13, 2011 islamoyankee

BBC – BBC World Service Programmes – Heart And Soul, The Mourides of Senegal.

Many of the African street sellers in cities like Paris or Rome are Mourides – members of a Senegalese Muslim brotherhood.
It is a very organised and supportive movement that stresses the importance of work and wields great political and economic power in Senegal.

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