Mame Diarra Bousso

Mame Diarra Bousso
Born1833 (1833)
Mbusôbé, now Podor, Senegal
Died1866 (1867)
Resting placeGrand Magal of Touba
OccupationSufi saint
ChildrenAmadou Bamba

Mame Diarra Bousso (1833–1866) was a Sufi saint from Senegal. The annual pilgrimage to the site of her death and mausoleum is the only pilgrimage dedicated to a woman in Senegal. She was the mother of Amadou Bamba.

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