It is also particularly representative of Islamic architecture in sub-Saharan Africa. The property is characterised by the intensive and remarkable use of earth specifically in its architecture. The ...

DJENNE, Mali — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the ...

Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was one of the centres for the propagation of Islam.

a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the center of the country.