Visite de Djenné / Visit of Djenne (Mali)

Djenné (also Dienné or Jenne) is a historically and commercially important small city in the Niger Inland Delta of central Mali. It is just west of the Bani River (the Niger River passes well to the west and north). It has an ethnically diverse population of about 12,000 (in 1987). It is famous for its mud brick (adobe) architecture, most notably the Great Mosque of Djenné which was rebuilt in 1907. In the past, Djenné was a centre of trade and learning, and has been conquered a number of times since its founding. It is the oldest known city in sub-Saharan Africa, and its historic city center was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Administratively it is part of the Mopti Region.
Djenné was founded in about 800 CE by the Bozo people at a site known as Jenné-Jeno, 1.5 km upstream. It moved its site in either 1043 or the 13th century, when the city converted to Islam. This increased its importance as a market and a base for trans-Saharan trade, soon rivalling Timbuktu.
Djenné, despite its proximity, was never part of the Mali Empire. It existed as an independent city-state protected by walls and the geography of the inland delta. According to legend, the Mali Empire attempted to conquer the city 99 times before giving up. Djenné would not be conquered until 1473 by the Songhai Empire under Sonni Ali. The siege of Djenné is said to have lasted 7 months and 7 days culminating in the death of the city's king and its capitulation. The widow of the city married Sonni Ali, and peace was restored. In 1591, Morocco conquered the city after destroying Songhai's hold in the region. By the 1600s, Djenné had become a thriving centre of trade and learning. Caravans from Djenné frequented southern trading towns like Begho, Bono Manso, and Bonduku.
The city continued to change hands several times. Djenné was part of the Segou kingdom from 1670 to 1818, Massina under the Fulani ruler Amadou Lobbo from 1818 to 1861, and the Toucouleur Empire under Umar Tall from 1861 to 1893. The French finally conquered the city that year. During this period, trade declined and the city's importance with it.
Attractions include the tomb of Tupama Djenepo, who in legend was sacrificed on the founding of the city, and the remains of Jenné-Jeno, a major city from the 3rd century BC until the 13th century.
Approximately eight hours by road from Bamako, Djenné is notable in that it becomes an island when the rivers rise at the end of the rainy season. However, problems of a different nature were reported in 2008 when it was said that Djenné was "drying up" because of a controversial dam, completed in 2007, across the Bani River at Talo, about 150 km upstream.[2] The weekly market, when buyers and sellers converge on the town from the surrounding regions, is a key tourist attraction. (wikipedia)

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[NatTurnerII]

Funny how they never show this Africa on TV. If it doesn't advance the "primitive negro" European Agenda you won't see or hear about it.

[Travel3]

An amazing place!

[A86]

@NatTurnerII - Sometimes they mention Africa's great civilizations on TV (once in a blue moon), but often they'll try to offset the achievement by either spending a lot of time talking about the civilization's decline or they'll in some way try to give partial credit for the civilization to Arabs, Persians or Berbers. By the logic racists use the Arabs and the Chinese should be given credit for European civilizations since the most powerful European ones heavily traded with Arabs and Chinese.

[000snow000]

@NatTurnerII or maybe you need to watch different channels. Better yet, put the remote down and find other sources of information.

[yacoub264]

lol London's Westminister where polictics held copy like this Timbuktu should y'all know that everybody want come to England cos England took everything from realest Kingdoms are Africa especially West Africa a black man invented langs of English which he is fanta orginally from Ghana Kingdoms do some research

[mbukukanyau]

@NatTurnerII ; you are living in 1950

[tjinga2u1]

its amazing,the size of the structure completly made of mud brick and wood a work of art.

[sabio99]

vous ne voulez pas dire "visite a Djenne"?

[bigeeezy]

very informative