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Larabanga Mosque

Larabanga, Savannah Region

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White earthen walls and tapering towers of Larabanga Mosque, with projecting timber ends.
Larabanga Mosque, Ghana, photographed in December 2011.

About the building

Larabanga Mosque is a Sudano-Sahelian earthen building cared for by its local Muslim community. CRAterre documents a 2002–2004 programme that removed damaging cement coatings, rebuilt vulnerable elements and trained local workers.

The project

Confirm present earthen-plaster and timber maintenance priorities with the community; the documented cement and decay problems were addressed by the historical project.

Sources

The source documents restoration completed in 2003 within a 2002–2004 programme, not an active 2026 repair appeal. No access or volunteering permission is implied.

Conservation of the Larabanga mosque

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