LC control no. | n 90720867 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Diop, Sokhna Magat |
Variant(s) | Magat Diop, Sokhna Magat, Sokhna |
Associated country | Senegal |
Birth date | 1917~ |
Death date | 2003-07-18 |
Place of birth | Thiès (Senegal) |
Place of death | Thiès (Senegal) |
Profession or occupation | Spiritualists |
Found in | Coulon, C. L'islam au féminin-- Sokhna Magat Diop, cheikh de la confrérie mouride (Sénégal), 1990: p. 4 (26 y.o. in 1943) p. 26 (Sokhna MAGAT) Dictionary of African Biography , accessed January 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Diop, Sokhna Magat; Soxna Magatte; Soxna Maguette; Soxna Mame Séye ; spiritualist; born c.1917 in Thiès, Senegal; succeeded her father as khalifa (1943); remained head of the Mouride branch; inherited baraka from her father and through her mother's noble lineage; died 18 July 2003 in Thiès, Senegal ) |
Not found in | Lipschutz, M.R. Dict. of African hist. biog., c1986; Hist. dict. of Senegal, 1981; Les Elites sénégalaises, 1984. |