THE ONLY CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE FOR

THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN

SENEGAL

My Comprehensive narrative

MOUSTAPHA MBACHE, A NAME YOU CAN TRUST

THE LEGACY

I was Born in a Wolof family in Senegal, from a mother,

Soxna Mariam Tandiang, who on her mother’s side, Hawa

Ndiaye, is a Lebou descendent of the prominent Mame

Malick Gueye of Dakar. On the other hand, my mother's

father, El Hadj Ahmad Tandiang, was a dignitary referred to

as Muqaddam in the Tijani Sufi community, one of the two

largest Sufi brotherhood in Senegal.

My father, tutor and role model, Shaykh Ahmad Mbacke

coined also Gaïndé Fatma, was the son of Fatimah Diop, daughter of Ahmad Makhoureja, brother of King Lat Dior who resisted and battled the French colonial power to his death. My father was also the first son of Shaykh Mouhammad Moustapha Mbacke, who in turn was the first Khalife of Shaykh Ahmad Bamba Mbacke referred to as Khadimu Rasul, who we know, led successfully the

non-violent Jihad against the French Colonial power for a period of thirty-three (33) years until his blessed transition in 1927.

My grand-father Shaykh Mouammadou Moustapha Mbacke

enforced his father's will, by undertaking the huge task of

materializing the great projects of Touba, beginning with the

construction of the Mosque of Touba.

Despite prevailing difficult conditions of the great

depression of 1929, Shaykh Moustapha, whom I was named

after, embarked on the construction phase of the House of

Allah. The French attempted to make difficult, perhaps

impossible the unfolding of the projects by setting forth

conditions which seemed impossible to fulfill.

The lease/purchase agreement of the land of Touba, along

with the construction of a railway system, extending over 45

kilometers, as medium of transportation of the construction

materials had to be granted and then signed. By doing so,

the colonial power sought to make the task impossible

through administrative bottlenecks.

Under the leadership of my grand-father, the community

quadrupled the peanut production in order to fund, not only

the mosque one can see standing tall today, but the railway

system from Diourbel to Touba in order to bring the

construction materials to Touba. With unwavering

motivation, genuine commitment and determination, the

execution of the task went so rapidly that the General

Governor of the French Western Africa (AOF) paid a visit to

my grand-father Shaykh Moustapha and stayed in Touba for

3 days. This was unheard of, for the General Governor of the

Colonies to spend more than 24 hours out of office in a

residence other than his officially designated one.

Despite a second global chaotic worldwide event, namely

world war II (1939-1945), the followers of the community,

consisting of peasants, under the leadership of Shaykh

Mouhammad Moustapha, managed to build the railway and

completed seventy five percent of the construction of the

mosque. This determination drew enough curiosity and

scrutiny for General DE Gaulle to pay another visit to Shaykh

Moustapha who met him in Dakar at the proclamation of the

end of the second world war.

The holy city of Touba which was created in 1888 flourished

and represents today the second largest city of

Senegal after Dakar and the fastest growing city in

the western African hemisphere.

And for the record, Touba was designated by the United

Nation's World Habitat counsel, as a model city going into

the 21st century, during the 1994 Istanbul World Habitat

Summit.

As a farmer, Agro-Business entrepreneur and community

organizer, my father and tutor Shaykh Ahmad Mbacke

designed and laid out the City of Touba and created the

Daara concept, a community-based-organization model or

social network groups.

It is acknowledged to colonial rulers that my father, Shaykh

Ahmad Mbacke’s first trips in France allowed him to

effectively plead before the colonial authorities so that the

Senegalese veterans case be taken care of by the French

government. Shaykh Ahmad Mbacke my Dad, travelled the

world, exchanged ideas with Arab leaders which led to the

creation of the OIC to which he was a founding member.

I was both initiated and taught in this Daira/Daara

circle. Indeed, Daaras in Senegal are meant to be a

continuum of educational compounds for the community,

fostering learning, cultural activities, and religious

education. Therefore, the issue of personal practice

becomes a collective knowledge sharing process within the

community. That model of community empowerment

demonstrates clearly, to date, that education can best

deliver, if the whole community plays a complementary role

to whatsoever formal public and private schools are

providing.

A BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE YOU CAN RELY ON

Educational Experience:

➢ 1967 – 1971, I was sent to Quran School in Misra

Senegal. where I was learning to commit to memory the

Holy Scriptures (Quran). At the same time that’s where

I was taught farming and cattle ranching as we lived in

rural areas where the main activity was farming besides

school.

➢ 1971 - 1974, Attended Taif elementary school and

finished elementary school in 4 years instead of 6.

➢ 1975 – 1979, Started high school at Lycée Faidherbe in

Ndar (St Louis) Senegal and transferred to Blaise

Diagne High school in Dakar.

Dad's passing away in 1978, disrupted the rest of that school

year as well as the following school year of 1979 which I

struggled to finish. The memories of Dad and the fact I

missed him in my life created emptiness around my living

space. Thank God such a void did not lead me to despair

and desolation. As part of the healing process, I turned to

the practice of Martial arts (Shotokan) at the DUC (sporting

club) with Zapata as my Sansei. (May God have mercy on his

soul), and the practice of Soccer at Djaraaf football club. At

the time, my sisters constantly reminded me that I could not

appear on the Junior national team, which I was selected for,

because of my name Mbacke: It was frustrating. I went to

America in 1981, where I pursued my education, improved

my English, took the GED college placement and admittance

tests and passed them.

I applied and was admitted into New York Institute of

Technology and majored in Architecture in 1982.

With the dedicated study of the history of world

architecture, its pioneers, transformational and

revolutionary changes with the advent of the industrial age,

the challenges ahead of me were tremendous. Studying

architects such as Philippe Johnson, Shannon, Le

Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright, and artists, such as

Robert Venturi, and Mondrian, led me to make a choice. I

was convinced that I was going to be the "Frank Lloyd"

Wright of the African continent. Especially after I gazed

upon master pieces such as the Guggenheim museum or

the Falling Water.

A second turning point occurred in my life when browsing

the libraries, I picked up a book entitled “revelations of the

Unseen”, written by Shaykh Abd Al Qadr Jaylani, a Sufi

Master, who throughout the different discourses in that

book I thought, spoke to me and to me only. Hence, I

changed course, gave up 10 credits or so to complete my

fifth year leading toward the Bachelor of Architectural

Technology. As one can remember it takes five years to

become a draftsman after one graduates despite the fact

that you design Million Dollar homes for the boss who might

be in the Caribbean relaxing and vacationing.

After reading that masterpiece of Jaylani, I embarked in an

extensive exercise of soul searching. Who am I? Why am I

here? What is life? Who is God, but most of all who is

Shaykh Ahmad Bamba Mbacke; my great-grand father,

because of whom people revere me, lower their gaze, bow

before me, show me so much respect, and so on and so

forth. In my mind the answer to that is lengthy but I

meditated extensively, and anything I perceived could have

been a subject of meditation, from the music of Kitaro I listen

to, to that of Miles Davis, Beethoven, Bernstein or

Tchaikovsky. I just meditated.

I practiced Sufism extensively through broad research

leading me to the path of a servant leadership magnifying

day in day out the power within.

Later down the years I was granted a non-resident

fellowship at Harvard University in 2003 based on extensive

research which led to the publication of my work called

« The Trilateral Conspiracy. »

My Community organizing work

To the question “where is located the Cape Verdean

immigrant communities in the US?” the answer will be “in

Boston”, the same way, if you ask about the Senegalese

immigrants, the answer will lead you to the Big Apple…

Drawing from my father’s perspectives of community

organizing, I learned to listen and be attentive to people’s

requests and expectations. Over time with my involvement

and interactions with fellow immigrants and precisely

Senegalese people, I generated such an esteem and

consideration that the circumstances pointing all to a higher

calling got me feeling compelled to responding through

various commitments and outreach across the US, starting

from New York.

Under the guise of a civil rights calling, I communicated,

organized and successfully led a protest in Manhattan

against the eviction of Senegalese expatriates who lived in

a place called back then in 1987, Senton Hotel located at

Broadway & 27th Street.

I also interpreted and translated on behalf of Senegalese

nationals who were jailed and brought to court for vending

without a license in the streets of Manhattan.

With evidence and collected documentations around the

educational cultural and universal scope of the teachings of

my grandfather, with fellows I Initiated organized and led the

Islamic Mouride community movement in North America,

known as Daara, in the early 80s. Such a dedication led to

the proclamation of Shaykh Ahmad Bamba day in New York

on July 28th, 1988, followed by the visit of Shaykh Mouhammad

Mourtada, then the youngest living son of Shaykh Ahmad

Bamba Mbacke.

Following substantive meetings and sustained

outreach, then Mayor David Dinkins Proclaimed July 28th,

Shaykh Ahmad Bamba day in New York City.

Following that proclamation, I requested and was granted

the United Nations facility in 1988 to hold lectures on the

history of Shaykh Ahmad Bamba's confrontation against the

French colonial power in the 1800 hundreds.

New York got more attention in the course of such a process

of cultural affirmation when I Initiated the Mourid Islamic

movement parade in Harlem, which is still going on

throughout the July 28th Day.

Because of the issues of diversity and cultural divide among

immigrant communities, with fellows such as Harvey Balozi,

Kenyata, a former body guard of Malcolm x, we launched the

interfaith dialogue initiative and visited churches in Harlem

and spoke of the non-violent movement of Shaykh Ahmad

Bamba Mbacke.

Following the New York City proclamation and evolving

events around, the movement was extended to the cities of

Washington DC, Maryland, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Los Angeles,

Chicago, Raleigh, Detroit and Montreal, proclamations were

made by each authority in those various cities and days

commemorating the dates are also celebrated with all the

cultural and educational traits associated with the scope of

the events. And later, Europe caught on with the movement.

At the Field Museum in downtown Chicago, a permanent

exhibit on the history of my great grandfather, Shaykh

Ahmad Bamba Mbacke has been going on since 1991 close

to making the windy city the second pilgrimage destination

after New York.

At UCLA, with guidance provided, extensive efforts were

made by professor Allen Roberts to spread the life and

works of Shaykh Ahmad Bamba Mbacke.

Historic Research:

Throughout a number of years, I conducted international

research in African countries such as Ivory Coast, Guinea,

Benin the Congo, Angola, Gabon and Mauritania, in France,

in Aix-en-Provence, Nantes, Chevilly-Larue, in England at

the British Museum of London and in Hamburg, Germany

around pertinent documentations uncovering the truth

behind the confrontation of my great Grandfather and the

French colonial power.

My history research brought unexpected outcomes worth

drawing when it comes to cultural identity, affirmation,

education reform, and local language rehabilitation which

colonial enterprise was meant to dismantle and impose a

whole host of “new” assimilation tools that keep, to date,

impacting the cohesion of our indigenous social fabric

locally, nationally and regionally within the French western

Africa.

Publications and Lectures:

Rendered into English and published the following works of

Shaykh Ahmad Bamba Mbacke:

- Graces from the All-Holy,

- Sindidi ; Prayers of Shaykh Ahmad Bamba.

- Prayers of the Prophet(p,b,u,h),

- Quest for healing ;

- Proclamation of faith of the Shaykh, the Paths to Paradise.

I am in the process of publishing 2 Volumes of 4 entitled :

Maritime Odyssey :The Jihadist. My friend Steven Seagal

the Hollywood actor is interested in making a movie based

on my books.

Lectured at Columbia University (Bernard College),Temple

University, Cleveland State University, North Eastern

University, The United Nations, Dakar University.

Business and International Consulting:

-Designed, produced and distributed a line of jewelry in 925

sterling silver combined with 18 Karat Gold. Participated in

international trade shows at the Javits center and in San

Antonio. Sold to Macys and Henry Bendels

-Designed and produced an exclusive line of flatware in the

filigree handcraftsman. These were made in Gold and silver

decorated with precious stones such as rubies sapphires

and emeralds. Letter openers, daggers and baby spoons

were also available.

-Conceived and designed the Jesus Boat Lamp. Prototype

was produced, trademarked and the patent is pending.

My filigree designed products have appeared in exclusive

magazines such as the Rob report magazine and the Gold

Book, a then Beverly Hills publication.

- Negotiated successfully on behalf of the Senegalese

Government a 98 MW power barge in 2002.

- Negotiated successfully for a high-profile Sudanese

delegation to Visit with president Wade regarding the Chad

crisis. That led to President Bashir's visit in Senegal on his

way to the non-aligned summit in Cuba in 2006.

- Negotiated successfully for the construction of 100 000

homes for government employees in Senegal in 2006.

- Negotiated successfully the funding of 250 MW

transmission lines for the then newly elected Senegalese

government in 2012.

- Engaged in International trade and acted as broker or

facilitator for commodities such as rice, sugar, milk powder

soy bean, corn, and gray Portland cement.

- Created with a core group of immigrants a company named

AAFIA (American African Finance International of America)

Corp, the objective of which is to establish a transatlantic

banking system with presence in the United States, Italy,

France, Senegal, The United Arab Emirates and eventually

China to cater to the Senegalese and African traders. This

project we have been working on since 2004, is of

tremendous importance for the Senegalese diaspora which

according to the central bank in Senegal, accounts for USD

1.8 billion in wire transfer.

The implementation of that transatlantic banking system will

allow over a million Senegalese and 7 million potential

Africans to wire transfer through their own network, to fund

their homes, small and medium size businesses, and be able

to gain access to capital and cash flows upon their return at

home.

Senior Partner in AAFIA-COSTON Group, a Nevada based

company that is looking to engage African countries, fund

and install for them power plants based on BOT (Build,

Operate, Transfer) models.

A VISISON YOU CAN EMBRACE

Our strategic vision signifies an intelligent

comprehensive road map. What we want to

become and the guiding transformational

initiatives we will take, will compel us to set a

defined direction which in a decade, will

produce positive results for Senegal and will

need minimal revisions.

We will intelligently introduce a process of

industrialization whereby our economy, in

addition to being a primary agricultural driven

nation relying on a 4 months rainy season, will

implement centers of manufacturing of goods in

an environment conducive to investment with no

risks through special programs.

The banking program is a good illustration of

what we want to achieve and how we can do it.

We can have a mechanized mass production lines

along with intensive labor driven economy to

create good jobs in a friendly business

environment.

Overall, this is who we are and what we

represent, the dignity and the cultural identity

we intend to maintain. Mr. Nelson Mandela,

quoting Malcolm X said:

“We declare our right on this earth... to be a

human being, to be respected as a human

being, to be given the rights of human being in

this society, on this earth, in this day, which we

intend to bring into existence by any means

necessary”