Musings on the Grand Mosques of Djenné and Bobo-Dioulasso, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and Western Bias Title

Sally A. Struthers

Musings on the Grand Mosques of Djenné and Bobo-Dioulasso, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and Western Bias Title

Wright State University

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Abstract

The Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso is a masterpiece of the Sudano-Sahalian adobe mosque style, second in size only to the one in Djenne, Mali. It suffered a major collapse in 2018, and another since. The author summarizes the scholarship on the Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso and adds her personal description and account, from a visit in 2019, in the hope of bringing more attention to this architectural masterpiece.

Original language	American English
Journal	sallyastruthers.com
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

African Architecture
Bobo-Dioulasso
Burkina Faso
Grande Mosque

Disciplines

Architecture
Arts and Humanities

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Musings on the Grand Mosques of Djenné and Bobo-Dioulasso, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and Western Bias Title

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