Stock photography, photos: Grande Mosque - Djenne, Mali Stock photos of Djenne, the oldest known city in sub-Saharan Africa is situated on the floodlands of the Niger and Bani rivers, 354 km (220 miles) southwest of Timbuktu. The Great Mosque is built on a raised plinth platform of rectangular sun-dried mud bricks that are held together by mud mortar and plastered over with mud in the Sudanese style. Djenne in Mali, West Africa. Earthen architecture, such as that which is found throughout Mali, can last for centuries if regularly maintained. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: mali, Africa, west Africa, Timbuktu, djenne, mosque, great mosque, grande mosque, islam, Moslem, muslim