Sokhna Magat Diop

Sokhna Magat Diop (c. 1917–2003) was a Senegalese religious leader. She headed the Mouride community, of which her father, Serigne Abdalaye Yakhine Diop, had been the leader; he named her to be head of one section in 1943, having no male heirs and recognizing her abilities. In 1990 a history of her work in the community, L'Islam au féminin: Sokhna Magat Diop, cheikh de la confrérie mouride by Christian Coulon and Odile Reveyrand, was published.[1]

Sokhna Magat Diop
Bornc. 1917
Died2003
NationalitySenegalese
OccupationReligious leader
Parent(s)Serigne Abdalaye Yakhine Diop (father)

References
  1. Kathleen Sheldon (4 March 2016). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-6293-5.
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