Hamallayya
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Hamallayya or Hamallism is a
French Soudan, modern Mali. It first took root amongst Wolof traders living in Nioro, but soon spread to servile caste Muslims in Mauretania
and Mali.
Doctrine
Hammallist doctrinal changes from Tijaniyyah ritual included the removal of some recited references to the Prophet, rejecting
Qur'anic study, and the shouting of prayers in group worship. Hammallists tended to stress traditional West African ritual and the rejection of traditional hierarchies, including gender, age, and caste distinctions.[1]
Opposition and growth
Opposed to what it saw as the hierarchy of the then dominant Tijaniyyah order, Hamallism grew into a social protest movement, especially from poor or slave communities and opposed both the wealthy among African and the colonial government of
Amadou Hampate Ba
.
In Burkina Faso, Hamallism was especially present in the
Suppression and survival
Hamahullah bin Muhammad bin Umar was exiled by French authorities from Nioro to Mauretania in 1933 following clashes between his followers and local leaders,Bellah. Followers still numbered 50,000 in Mali by the 1970s.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-631-18139-2
- ^ Louis Brenner. "The Sufi Teaching of Tierno Bokar Salif Tall". Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 8, Fasc. 3 (1976), pp. 208-226
- ^ Sean Hanretta. "Gender and Agency in the History of a West African Sufi Community: The Followers of Yacouba Sylla". Comparative Studies in Society and History (2008), 50:478-508
- ^ Karl L. Dehne. "Knowledge of, Attitudes Towards,and Practices Relating to Child-spacing Methods in Northern Burkina Faso" Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. Vol. 21 No. 1 Mar 2003
- ISBN 0-520-06703-7pp.70-73
- Samuel Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Niger (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press, Boston & Folkestone, (1997) ISBN 0-8108-3136-8p. 158
- Christopher Harrison. France and Islam in West Africa, 1860-1960. Cambridge University Press, (2003) ISBN 0-521-54112-3passim, but especially pp. 137–183.
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