| LC control no. | no2004057459 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sylla, Yacouba, 1906-1988 |
| Variant(s) | Sillah, Yaʻqub, 1906-1988 Sylla, Yacouba, -1988 Sylla, Yacouba, d. 1988 |
| Associated country | Mali Mauritania Côte d'Ivoire |
| Birth date | 1906 |
| Death date | 1988-08-11 |
| Place of birth | Nioro du Sahel (Mali) |
| Field of activity | Religious communities Sufism |
| Profession or occupation | Sufis Muslim religious leaders Merchants |
| Found in | Cheikh Yacouba Sylla, 2002 (subj.) p. 4 of cover, etc. (Yacouba Sylla) p. 7 (1906-1988) p. 29 (b. around 1906, Sahel de Nioro [Mali]) p. 107 (d. Aug. 15, 1988) Constructing a religious community in French West Africa, 2003: t.p. (Yacouba Sylla) pp. 1-3 (disciple of Sufi teacher Shaykh Ahmad Hamallah from Nioro-du-Sahel, present-day Mali; at age 23 in 1929, began message of religious and social reform in southern Mauritania; he and followers imprisoned in 1930; following release from prison, he and his followers founded plantations and a transport company in Gagnoa, Ivory Coast; by the 1940s he was known through much of West Africa as both a successful merchant and an important religious leader; d. Aug. 11, 1988) Dans les pas du chameau, 2015: page 73 (Yacouba Sylla, living under [French colonial] surveillence in the early 1930s in Sassandra, Côte d'Ivoire) page 134 (Yacouba Sylla; Yaʻqub Sillah (transcribed from Arabic); describes letter written in Arabic on page 135) page 192 (Yacouba Sylla (1906-1988)) |
| Associated language | ara |
| Invalid LCCN | no2004057457 |
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