List of mosques in Ghana

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This is a list of mosques in Ghana .

NameImageLocationYear (CE)Remarks
Larabanga Mosque Larabanga Mosque Ghana.jpg Larabanga, West Gonja 1421The oldest mosque in Ghana; made of adobe; pyramidal minarets in the Sudano-Sahelian style [1]
Bole Mosque Bole Mosque.jpg Bole, West Gonja 17th centuryBuilt in the Sudano-Sahelian style; collapsed in 2023; rebuilt in 2024 [2]
Nakore Mosque Nakore Mosque, Upper West Region, Ghana 3.JPG Nakore, Wa, Upper West 17th centuryBuilt in the Sudano-Sahelian style [3]
Banda Nkwanta Mosque Banda Nkwanta, West Gonja 18th centuryMade of adobe; pyramidal minarets in the Sudano-Sahelian style [4] [5]
Dondoli Mosque Dondoli Old Central Mosque in ruins.jpg Wa, Upper West 19th centuryIn partial ruins; built in the Sudano-Sahelian style [4]
Wuriyanga Mosque Upper East 19th centuryBuilt in a mix of the Sudano-Sahelian and Djenne styles [4]
Dakrupe Mosque Dakrupe, Savannah 19th centuryDemolished in 2010 [4]
Kumasi Central Mosque Mosque in Kumasi, Ghana.jpg Kumasi, Ashanti 1950sExtensively renovated and expanded in 2023 [6] [7]
Madina Mosque Interior of Madina Mosque (Accra) 2.JPG La Nkwantanang Madina, Greater Accra 1959Also includes a madrasa [8]
Abossey Okai Central Mosque Abossey Okai, Greater Accra 1970s [9] [10]
Ghana National Mosque Ghana National Mosque Complex.jpg Accra 2021The national mosque with a capacity for 15,000 worshipers, the largest mosque in Ghana; principally funded by the Turkish Government [11] [12]
Maluwe Mosque Maluwe Mosque.jpg West Gonja, Savannah Built in the Sudano-Sahelian style [4]
Sunyani Central Mosque Sunyani, Bono [13]
Wechiau Mosque Wechiau, Upper West Built in a mix of the Sudano-Sahelian and Djenne styles [4]

See also

References

  1. "Restoration works begin on partly collapsed 400-year-old Mosque in Bole". GhanaWeb. 28 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  2. Andoh, Richmond. "The ancient Bole Mosque reconstructed to preserve history". Ghanafuo. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. "Ghana's Historic Mosques: Nakore". The Hauns in Africa. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ghana's Historic Mosques: The Lost Ones". The Hauns in Africa. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. "Stock Photo - Mud-built Mosque At Banda Nkwanta, Ghana". Alamy. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. "Renovated Kumasi Central Mosque to be commissioned". Business Ghana. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. Shack, William A.; Skinner, Elliott P. (1979). Strangers in African Societies. University of California Press. p. 186. ISBN   9780520038127 . Retrieved 3 March 2023 via Google Books.
  8. Weiss, Holger (2007). "Begging and Almsgiving in Ghana Muslim Positions towards Poverty and Distress". Nordiska Afrika Institutet. 133.
  9. Owusu-Ansah, David (2005). "Accra Central Mosque (2): Transformations in Islamic Education in Ghana". Diversity and Tolerance in the Islam of West Africa. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  10. Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Yaw (2005). Veep says prayers to thank Allah. Daily Graphic. p. 27. Retrieved 23 December 2023 via Google Books.
  11. "Turkey funded Ghana national mosque commissioned". Ghana Business News. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  12. "MEEX Ghana Mosque" (streaming video and transcript). www.aparchive.com. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2021 via Associated Press.
  13. Ali, Biiya Mukusah; Adu-Gyamerah, Emmanuel (13 June 2017). "Interventions to make Hajj more comfortable announced". Graphic Online. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

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