Thursday, 12 August 2010 01:31
Joseph Hill
 I have started a project to create a citable library of all available bibliographic and other resources related to the Fayḍah. This includes several parts:
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 19:08
Joseph Hill
The Khalifah of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Ñas), Shaykh Ahmad Ibrahim Ñas (Cheikh Ahmed Ibrahim Niasse), has passed away in Morocco.
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Saturday, 28 November 2009 12:33
Joseph Hill
I have finally found the time to make a quick translation of the interview on the Al-Jazeera program “Ziyārah Khāṣṣah” (Special Visit) between Sayyidah Maryam Ñas and Al-Jazeera's Sāmī Kulayb. The original interview in Arabic is available on the Al-Jazeera web site here. Here is my quick translation, and I invite any corrections or comments:
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:00
Joseph Hill
 Medina Baay (written in French as “Médina Baye”) is a center of Islamic learning and Sufi practice on the outskirts of Kaolack, Senegal established in 1930 by Shaykh ᵓIbrāhīm Ñas (1900-1975), a leader of the Tijānī Sufi order who has millions of followers worldwide. Ñas is known to Senegalese disciples as “Baay” (“Father,” written “Baye” in French). The Medina Baay Research Association (originally called the Medina Baay Historical and Social Research Committee) conducts and presents research on the history and current dimensions of Shaykh ᵓIbrāhīm's disciples worldwide. The Association began its research in 2004, founded by anthropologist Joseph Hill and residents of Medina Baay, and since then its members have conducted research sporadically.
Our research consists of several activities:
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 15:26
Joseph Hill
 I spent the month of June in Senegal doing research, primarily in Dakar and partly in Medina Baay Kaolack, Ñooro, Tayba Ñaseen, Kóosi Mbittéyeen, and Daaru Mbittéyeen. The main purpose was to finish the research for my book on women in the Faydah, and thanks to my great collaborators I was able to meet and interview several woman leaders I had never met before in addition to revisiting many whom I have known for years. Some photos we took can be found here. (Photos from last year's research can be found in the Senegal 2009 set.)
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:45
Joseph Hill
 This year's Medina Baay Gàmmu (Mawlid), scheduled for this coming Friday night, is set to be unlike any other in history, with visiting heads of state and the inauguration of the newly renovated mosque. However, amidst all the good news, Sheex Baay Caam has just informed me that the man who has led the chanting at the Gàmmu for decades and was to lead it again this year has just died. Baabakar Caam (Babacar Thiam), blind since his birth in a Séeréer-speaking Ñoominka fishing village, became a renowned Islamic school teacher, spiritual guide, and the most formidable Taalibe Baay Sufi chanter. Personally picked by Baay Ñas and educated by Baay Ñas's blind cousin, Usmaan Faati Jàllo Ñas, Baabakar Caam was the indispensable element at any major Taalibe Baay religious meeting for decades. He will be buried today (Wednesday, February 24) in Medina Baay, Kaolack.
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Monday, 26 October 2009 21:27
Joseph Hill
 An interview with Séyda Mariyama Ibrayima Ñas was broadcast on Al-Jazeera two days ago (on October 24th). The transcript and video, both in Arabic, are available here. My own French and English translations are now available. Add a comment
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Sunday, 20 September 2009 16:38
Joseph Hill
Here are photographs of some of the woman muqaddams we interviewed in Dakar and in Kaolack. (For some of my observations about woman religious leaders, see this article.)
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