Word: bamba
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Black Lion, M. Tallerie and a certain Major Bréhier were accused by the West African Mouride Tribe of fraud. M. Tallerie and a Mouride sheik named Bamba had signed a contract under which the former was to build a mosque in Touba, Negro religious centre near the west border of the Ivory Coast. The Colonial Council refused to pass on the project. Tallerie claimed indemnity from the tribe for alleged advances from his pocket. The Black Lion collaborated with Major Bréhier in writing angry letters to the tribesmen demanding M. Tallerie's money. The tribesmen...