Both forms have transcended their ritual contexts and their traditional audiences, yet, in both cases, the original spirit of devotion and energy remain intact. One does not have to be a Sufi , a ...

Prayers and melodic chants reverberated across Dakar’s Yoff neighborhood as thousands of Sufi Muslim followers from the Layene brotherhood commemorated the first public appearance of their founder ...

This excerpt from ‘Sufi Rituals and Practices: Experiences from South Asia, 1200–1450’ by Kashshaf Ghani has been published with permission from Oxford University Press.