The Mosque Imam Yelpha

The Imam of the Great Mosque is currently Yelpha Djeité, who is also one of the head librarians in the Djenné Manuscript Library, the Grand Marabout of Djenné - head teacher of the town's 50 Koran schools and a prescriber of 'good magic' (like love potions). Yelpha's numerous jobs represent the traditional convergance in Djenné of Islam, scholarship and magic.