It was made of a reddish concrete in order to mimic the reddish adobe of the Djenné mosque, and it also exhibits the protruding objects which characterize the neo-Sudanic style. 15. A close-up of the ...

The Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest mud building in the world. In places its walls are two feet thick. To protect it from the baking African sun and the erosion when the rains come ...