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.

Cette mosquée, inscrite sur la liste du patrimoine mondial en danger de l'UNESCO depuis 2016, est non seulement un symbole de la richesse architecturale du Mali, mais aussi un centre historique d ...

Annual plastering of the Great Mosque of Djenné. By UN Mission in Mali / Sophie Ravier, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr Learn more: Djenné's celebrations The Hare Festival After the plastering of the ...

Des experts en architecture islamique tels que Labelle Prussin pensent que ces constructions coniques furent intégrées dans la conception des mosquées dans tout le Mali, et considèrent que la Grande ...

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.

Mud brick buildings have been captivating people’s imagination for centuries. From the impressive mud-based architecture in ...

Trois ans après le massacre de Moura au Mali, aucune enquête n'a été menée pour situer les responsabilités et dédommager les victimes, selon Amnesty International.

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