Tierno Bokar

Mystic, Scholar & Sage

(1875 – 1940) · West Africa

Malian Sufi mystic and Islamic scholar known as 'the sage of Bandiagara,' whose teachings blended Sufi Islam with West African spiritual wisdom. He became widely known outside West Africa through Amadou Hampâté Bâ's 1980 biography Vie et enseignement de Tierno Bokar, which preserved his oral teachings.