From the impressive mud-based architecture in Djenné, Mali to the great mosque of Djenne, these structures showcase the ...

The Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest mud building in the world. In places its walls are two feet thick. To protect it from the baking African sun and the erosion when the rains come ...

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

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 ...

In close co-operation with the village populations adjacent to the archaeological sites, and the administrative offices, the Cultural Mission of Djenne has carried out, since 1994, information, ...