Case file · Apparition / miracle
Amadou Bamba founds Touba
Mouride tradition says Shaykh Amadou Bamba founded Touba in 1887 at a spot revealed to him in a vision, under a tree where light descended.
1887 CE · 14.86, -15.88 · status: legend
The account
Touba grew into Senegal's second city and the centre of the Mouride brotherhood; its Great Mosque and the annual Grand Magal draw millions of pilgrims.