The Mosque

A mosque has been present on this site for nearly 800 years. The first structure was erected sometime between the 13th and 14th centuries, when Islam was waxing in Djenné due to trans-Saharan trade links. The mosque prospered along with the city, benefitting from the scholarly Islamic community that developed in the Koran schools surrounding the site. The current building dates from 1907, rising from the ruins of the earlier mosque which had fallen into disrepair in the Fulani Empire of the early 19th century.