Mali Tourist Attractions: 10 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Mali? Check out our Mali Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Mali.
Top Places to visit in Mali:
National Museum of Mali, Djinguereber Mosque, Great Mosque of Djenne, Grand Mosque of Bamako, Djenne-Djenno, Sidi Yahya Mosque, Mount Hombori, Festival au Desert, Bozo Village, Dogon Country,
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Old Town of Djenne - Mali
The Great Mosque of Djenné is a large banco or adobe building that is considered by many architects to be one of the greatest achievements of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. The mosque is located in the city of Djenné, Mali, on the flood plain of the Bani River. The first mosque on the site was built around the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907. As well as being the centre of the community of Djenné, it is one of the most famous landmarks in Africa. Along with the Old Towns of Djenné it was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.
Bamako, Mali, city tour and tourist attractions
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali. The landmarks of the city are The National Library of Mali, Bamako Grand Mosque, The BCEAO Tower, and The National Museum of Mali.
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Mali National Museum Video Tour
Let DMC Africa take you through an exclusive virtual tour of the National Museum of Mali. With special permission directly from the museum director himself, DMC is proud to provide this special sneak peak into Mali's national treasures.
Masks, statues, textiles, and handicraft fill the displays of this fine museum. Come visit Mali and experience this museum and other must see attractions with DMC Africa:
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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Travel to Mali
An informative photo video of travel to Djenne, Mali - including photos of the Grande Mosque and the Pays de Dogon (Dogon Country).
MALI: Beautiful People, Beautiful Music
Filmmaker Heinrich Dahms of BUZZMEDIA NETWORK assembled this clip from footage he shot in Mali, in 2009. It is a tribute to the late great musician, Mamoutou Mangala Camara, who granted us personal permission for the use of this piece. The song is Toubaka from the album, Mali - Chantes et Musiques de Griots by Mamoutou Mangala Camara. The album is available at amazon.fr, amazon.co.uk, emusic.com and on iTunes. Beautiful music by a great musician!
Mali in Five MInutes
Footage of the West African nation of Mali, the legendary adobe city of Djenne, the Niger River port city of Mopti, the remote Dogon country, eager students in a Mali school, a presidential rally with African drums competing with a Western-syle military band.
Bamako, Mali - Kanaga Adventure Tours