List of mosques in Africa


This is a list of mosques in Africa.
NameImagesCountryCityYearRemarks
List of mosques in AlgeriaAlgeria
Hamoudi MosqueDjiboutiCity of Djibouti1906
Great Mosque of AsmaraEritreaAsmara1938The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column.
List of mosques in EgyptEgypt
Medina MosqueGhanaAccra1959
Larabanga MosqueGhanaLarabanga1421
Great Mosque of DjennéMaliDjenné1300The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907.
Djinguereber MosqueMaliTimbuktu1327
Sidi Yahya MosqueMaliTimbuktu1440
Chinguetti MosqueMauritaniaChinguetti13th-14th century
Saudi MosqueMauritaniaNouakchott?
Jummah MosqueMauritiusPort Louis
List of mosques in MoroccoMorocco
Agadez MosqueNigerAgadez16th century
Niamey MosqueNigerNiamey
Yamma MosqueNigerTahoua1962
Abuja National MosqueNigeriaAbuja1984National mosque
Great Mosque of KanoNigeriaKano15th century
Dakar Grand MosqueSenegalDakar
SenegalOuakam
SenegalSaint-Louis1847
Great Mosque of ToubaSenegalToubaMuslim brotherhoods of Senegal
Arba'a Rukun MosqueSomaliaMogadishu1268/9Mihrab contains an inscription commemorating the masjid's founder, Khusrau ibn Muhammed.
Fakr ad-Din MosqueSomaliaMogadishu1269Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din.
Mosque of al-QiblataynSomaliaZeila7th centuryOldest mosque in the Horn of Africa. Built shortly after the hijra.
Mosque of Islamic SolidaritySomaliaMogadishu1987National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa.
Juma Masjid MosqueSouth AfricaDurban1881Largest mosque in South Africa
Nizamiye MosqueSouth AfricaMidrand, Johannesburg2012
Al-Nilin MosqueSudanKhartoum1970s
Gaddafi MosqueTanzaniaDodoma2010
Great Mosque of KilwaTanzaniaKilwa~1000Historical – one of the earliest surviving mosques in East Africa
Kizimkazi MosqueTanzaniaDimbani1107
List of mosques in TunisiaTunisia
Uganda National MosqueUgandaKampala2006Opened in June 2007