List of mosques in Africa

This is a list of mosques in Africa.

Name Images Country City Year Remarks
Al Nejashi Mosque Ethiopia Negash 614/683 Second oldest mosque in Africa. Built in the 7th century in Negash, the mosque in Negash, by tradition burial site of several followers of Mohammad who, during his lifetime, fled to the Aksumite Kingdom to escape persecution in Mecca.[1] It was recently renovated by TIKA, a Turkish cooperation organization.[2]
Hamoudi Mosque Djibouti City of Djibouti 1906
Korijib Masjid Djibouti Tadjoura 630–640 Possibly the oldest mosque in Djibouti.
Great Mosque of Asmara Eritrea Asmara 1938 The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column.
Mosque of the Companions Eritrea Massawa 613[3] Believed to be the third mosque on the African continent and the fourth mosque in the world built by the companions of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.[3]
Sadat Quraish Mosque
Egypt Bilbeis 639 Oldest mosque in North Africa.
Ghana National Mosque Ghana Accra 2021 The second largest mosque in West Africa
Medina Mosque Ghana Accra 1959
Larabanga Mosque Ghana Larabanga 1421
Great Mosque of Djenné Mali Djenné 1300 The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907.
Djinguereber Mosque Mali Timbuktu 1327
Sidi Yahya Mosque Mali Timbuktu 1440
Chinguetti Mosque Mauritania Chinguetti 13th-14th century
Saudi Mosque Mauritania Nouakchott  ?
Jummah Mosque Mauritius Port Louis
List of mosques in Morocco Morocco
Agadez Mosque Niger Agadez 16th century
Grand Mosque of Niamey Niger Niamey
Yamma Mosque Niger Tahoua 1962
Abuja National Mosque Nigeria Abuja 1984 National mosque
Great Mosque of Kano Nigeria Kano 15th century
Dakar Grand Mosque Senegal Dakar
Mosque of Divinity Senegal Ouakam
Great Mosque of Saint-Louis Senegal Saint-Louis 1847 [4]
Great Mosque of Touba Senegal Touba Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal
Arba'a Rukun Mosque Somalia Mogadishu 1268/9 Mihrab contains an inscription commemorating the masjid's founder, Khusrau ibn Muhammed.
Fakr ad-Din Mosque Somalia Mogadishu 1269 Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din.
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity Somalia Mogadishu 1987 National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa.
Masjid al-Qiblatayn Somaliland Zeila 615[5]/7th century Oldest Mosque in Africa, it was built by Muslims fleeing persecution and traveling to Aksum.
Juma Masjid Mosque South Africa Durban 1881 Largest mosque in South Africa
Nizamiye Mosque South Africa Midrand, Johannesburg 2012
Al-Nilin Mosque Sudan Khartoum 1970s
Gaddafi Mosque Tanzania Dodoma 2010
Great Mosque of Kilwa Tanzania Kilwa ~1000 Historical – one of the earliest surviving mosques in East Africa
Kizimkazi Mosque Tanzania Dimbani 1107
List of mosques in Tunisia Tunisia
Uganda National Mosque Uganda Kampala 2006 Opened in June 2007[6]

See also

References
  1. "The untold story of King Negash and the al Nejashi Mosque". 18 July 2019.
  2. "Negash Āmedīn Mesgīd". Madain Project. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. Reid, Richard J. (12 January 2012). "The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa". A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present. John Wiley and Sons. p. 106. ISBN 978-0470658987. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. Denise Bouche (1974). "L'école française et les musulmans au Sénégal de 1850 à 1920". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer (in French). 61 (223): 218–235. doi:10.3406/outre.1974.1756 – via Persee.fr.
  5. "Liste des premières mosquées au monde prophètique, rashidun et omeyyade selon les écris historique et les traces archéologiques". Histoire Islamique (in French). 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  6. New Mosque Redraws Kampala's Skyline, 24. August 2006; Libyans open Old Kampala mosque Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, 8. Juni 2007
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