Friday, September 22, 2006

Grand Mosque of Djenne


Grand Mosque of Djenne
Originally uploaded by upyernoz.
On the edge of the Sahara, not far from the River Niger, lies the Grand Mosque of Djenne. It is made of mud & wood. It reminds us that Arabs brought Islam to West Africa (Djenne is in the nation of Mali) about the year 1000 AD. The dominant religion of Africa north of the equator is Islam.

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