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An ambitious seven-volume encyclopedia captures the wealth of architectural wonders in 49 sub-Saharan African countries. The wooden struts protruding from the facade of the Bobo Dioulasso mosque in Burkina Faso double up as scaffolding when required The miragelike Grand Mosque of Djenne in Mali could have very well have inspired Antoni Gaudi's renowned Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona. In Burkina Faso, the iconic Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso features conical towers dotted with wooden struts that resemble spears from afar but double up as scaffolding for repair works whenever necessa...

news A definitive digest of African architecture dw.com 2 hrs ago An ambitious seven-volume encyclopedia captures the wealth of architectural wonders in 49 sub-Saharan African countries. © Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images The wooden struts protruding from the facade of the Bobo Dioulasso mosque in Burkina Faso double up as scaffolding when required The mirage-like Grand Mosque of Djenne in Mali could have very well have inspired Antonio Gaudi's renowned Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona. In Burkina Faso, the iconic Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso features conical towers dotted with woo...