Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba

Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Habiballah (Wolof: Ahmadu Bamba Mbacke, (Arabic: أحمدو بامبا مباك, 1853–1927) also known to followers as Khādimu ‘al-Rasūl (خادِم الرسول) or “The Servant of the Messenger” and Serigne Touba or “Sheikh of Tuubaa”, was a Sufi saint (Wali) and religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya).
Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba produced poems and tracts on meditation, rituals, work, and Quranic study. He led a pacifist struggle against the French colonial empire travelling across the Atlantic Ocean while not waging outright war on the French like several prominent Tijani marabouts had done.