Seydina Ndiaye

Seydina Ndiaye is from Thiaroye, Senegal. He received his early education in the Daara (Madrassa), where Koranic education is taught alongside morals and character development. He descends from a long line of a Mouride family, and from a young age, his learning focused primarily on singing praises for their Marabout, Serigne Touba (Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba), the founder of Mouridism, a large and influential Senegalese Sufi order. Being from this family and having a background in Koranic education enabled him to learn and perform Khassaides (devotional poems) written by Serigne Touba, in praise of and to acknowledge the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

The Baye Fall is a branch of Mouridism and is part of the Islamic Sufi movement in Senegal. Seydina Ndiaye is a Baye Fall. His singing of Khassaides has kept him grounded in spiritual awareness and has enabled him to perform at many traditional and religious ceremonies.