Djenné, the oldest known city in sub-Saharan Africa is situated on the floodlands of the Niger and Bani rivers, 354 kilometers (220 miles) southwest of Timbuktu. Founded by merchants around 800 AD ...

Alyssa Banta (www.alyssabanta.com) Preservationists are raising funds to translate collections (one of the largest private holdings in Timbuktu) into English and French. "The manuscripts show that ...

spreads over several toguéré. (...) Special mention should be made of the ports of Djenné (...), where pirogues from Timbuktu would tie up." Advisory Body Evaluation (ICOMOS) of World Heritage ...

a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the center of the country.

The greatest ancient library in the world is being unearthed and reassembled at Timbuktu – an astonishing archeological discovery – so I set out to see for myself, travelling with my daughter Cressida ...