List of mosques in Ghana

This is a list of mosques in Ghana .

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

• Islam portal
• Africa portal

• Islam in Ghana
• List of mosques in Africa

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. "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.

External links

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