Author: Tafari Makinen-Hall

How does the Grand Mosque of Djenne affect the city’s inhabitants?

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Research Question:  How does the Grand Mosque of Djenne affect the city’s inhabitants?

Thesis: The Great Mosque of Djenne is an important historical site that brings many economic benefits but also disadvantages to the people of Djenne..

  • Topic Sentence #1: The Mosque of Djenne is a special place because with its mud characteristics it looks like it is forming under the ground and offers worshipers to pray on fridays and is one of most famous landscape in Africa.
  • Topic Sentence #2: The economic benefits of the great mosque of Djenne is that it allows more jobs around Djenne and can be used as a tourist attraction.
  • Topic Sentence #3:  The negative Impact is that people who own houses near djenne are unable to modernizing their house

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