At a glance
- Era
- The Colonial Era
- Region
- West Africa & Sahel
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali is the grandest example of Sudano-Sahelian mud-brick architecture; the present building stands from the early twentieth century on the site of an older mosque 1.
In the sources
Academic study describes the mosque's mud walls braced by protruding palm beams and its place in the fabric of old Djenne 1.
People and things also explored
Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul· al-Aqmar Mosque, Cairo· al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Great Mosque of Samarra· al-Janad Mosque, Ta'izz· al-Mansur Mosque (Kasbah Mosque), Marrakesh
Sources
- Labelle Prussin, Hatumere: Islamic Design in West Africa (1986)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Great Mosque of Djenné”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/great-mosque-djenne/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.