Senegal: lessons from the Mourides · Global Voices
Ndesanjo Macha

“All these factors have helped make the Mourides one of the more successful African communities, at home and abroad. Wherever they are, they club together to acquire a mosque and community centre. Their networks help migrants leave Senegal, find work and procure documents. Far from being helpless victims of fate, many Mourides are shrewd operators in a complex, cross-border network,” writes Africa Unchained about the resourcefulness of the Mourides.