Bani's seven mosques were built in 1978 under the leadership of the Prophet Mohamed el-Hajj. They consist of six mosques built atop a hill, surrounding the grand mosque in the centre of town. Since then, these religious buildings have suffered from lack of maintenance, giving them an older, weathered appearance.
Gallery
A boy in front of three mosques of Bani in the distance, 1983
Minaret with protruding horizontal wooden sticks of the mosque of Bani, Burkina Faso, 2007
Village elder of Bani, 2010
Mud mosque of Bani, 2010
Two women wash the dishes at the hotel Nomad, Bani, 2010
^Mayault, Isabelle (9 July 2015). "The seven mosques of Bani". roadsandkingdoms.com. Roads&Kingdoms. Retrieved 26 February 2022. Mohamed el-Hajj is a man of vision, the most grandiose of which came to fruition some thirty years ago, when he built seven mosques in his hometown on a shoestring budget.