Other villages reacted with hostility, but a local imam named Demba Diawara explained that such social change could never be achieved in one village alone.
Led by imam Demba Diawara of Keur Simbara, 50 representatives of 11 villages (Keur Simbara, Bagana, Mdina Fajal, Diabougou, Boubacar, Samba Dia, Fajal,