This visual essay looks at what is perhaps the single most unique visual element that a visitor encounters in Senegal: the symbols relating to the popular Muslim Brotherhoods. Senegal is a largely Muslim country, but Muslims here practice a form of Islam that is related to the Sufi tradition in which believers join themselves to certain Brotherhoods that follow the teaching and path of a Marabout, or holy man. In this essay I examine the sacred landscapes that were developed in the 20th century by the Muridiyya and the Tijaniyya brotherhoods.
