Sokhna Magat Diop Explained

Birth Date:c. 1917
Death Date:2003
Nationality:Senegalese
Occupation:Religious leader

Sokhna Magat Diop (c. 1917–2003) was a Senegalese religious leader.

Life

She headed the Mouride community, of which her father had been the leader; he named her to be head of one section in 1943, having no male heirs and recognizing her abilities. In 1990 a history of her work in the community, L'Islam au féminin: Sokhna Magat Diop, cheikh de la confrérie mouride by Christian Coulon and Odile Reveyrand, was published.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kathleen Sheldon. Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. 4 March 2016. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-4422-6293-5.