The Mosque of Moujia, Tahoua, Niger.

The minaret of Agadez

Facing Mecca, a Tuareg performs his prayer in a nomadic «mosque». Everywhere in the Sahara, you can find such open-air churches, whose enclosure consists of stones piled on top of each other. - Hoggar - Algeria - 1966

El-Oued, the city of a thousand domes, capital of the Souf, seen from the Sidi Salem mosque. Situated in the middle of the high dunes of the Great Eastern Erg, El-Oued is distinguished from the other oases by its houses with their differently shaped domed roofs. - Algeria - 1966

In the middle of the Tassili, you can suddenly come across a nomadic mosque. - Algeria - 1962

Mosque of Murzuk in the centre of Fezzan. Murzuk is 120 kilometres south of Sabha, and is an important transport hub towards the southern Sahara. Murzuk replaced Zawila as the centre of the Fezzan in the 12th century and was the most important place in this Saharan region until the 20th century. This importance was based on its function as a hub for trans-Saharan trade on the "Bornu Road" between Lake Chad and Tripoli. Thus, a large slave market was located here. - Libya - 1964

In the Bardaï palm grove, the mosque is characterised by its smooth and uncluttered architecture. Around the town, the impressive volcanic massifs make the Tibesti an impregnable citadel. - Chad - 1967

Agadez in Niger is an important town, overlooked by a strange mosque 30 metres high. The houses are built of brown mud bricks. Agadez is the administrative capital of the Aïr mountain region. – Niger - 1968

Built in 1581, the Sankóre Mosque in Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988. It is a courtyard mosque. This lies as an inner courtyard in the centre of the complex. The minaret is located on the south side. Clay, which was specifically shaped, served as the building material. - Timbuktu - Mali - 1969

Clay Mosque near Timbuktu - Mali - 1969

A nomadic mosque in the Oued Adjirigoudou - Ekadi Emoulène - Niger - Aïr - 1992

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