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A religious group in this country organizes local associations called dahira, which grant prominent roles to women like Sokhna Magat. That group in this country commemorates its founder with coffee spiced with grains of Selim and uses the motto “you reap what you sow” to describe religious legume farming. A figure from this country supposedly defied colonists by jumping off a boat onto a miraculous marine prayer mat and instituted annual visits to his home village’s “Wall of Mercy.” In this country, Malick Sy’s Tivaouane (“TIV-ah-wahn”)-based branch of the Tijānīyyah (“tih-jah-NEE-yah”) shares (10[1])influence with a Sufi order that conducts the Grand Magal pilgrimage (10[1])to the tomb of Ahmadou Bamba (10[1])in Touba. This (10[1])country (10[1])is home to most of the Saltigue (“sahl-TEE-ghee”) priests of the Serer (-5[1])people. (10[6])For 10 points, name this country where the Mouride (“moo-REE-dee”) Brotherhood allied with Léopold Sédar (-5[1])Senghor. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

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