Travel Pictures Gallery.com - Africa - Senegal - Touba
a series of travel images from Africa, Senegal, Touba - a city in central Senegal, part of Diourbel Region and Mbacké district. With a population of more than 500.000, it is the second most populated Senegalese city after Dakar. It is the holy city of Mouridism (a Sufi order) and the burial place of its founder, Shaikh Ahmadou Bàmba Mbàcke. The Great Mosque with the tomb of the Shaikh is an important pilgrimage destination.