Djenne Mosque and Monday Market

Djenne

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March 14th 2010
With visas sorted we carried on up to Mali, starting with Djenne with its huge mud mosque (though non-Muslims aren’t aloud inside unless you want to be a douchebag and bribe somebody) and sand coloured town. The temperature was a welcome change- though Mali’s generally around 40/43 degrees, compared to Ghana at about 35, it loses all of Ghana’s stifling humidity that keeps you sweating even ... read more

Africa » Mali

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The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in... ... read more