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.
It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors
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 ...
a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the center of the country.
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