The Great Market

Djenné is on a Monday and therefor market day. From early morning the esplanade that extends in front of the Grand Mosque is a frenzy. Gradually ethnically diverse traders arrive from remote places, set up their stalls and exhibit with care and dedication the goods they expect to sell during the day. Peul, Bambabara , Songhai or Malinke hope to make good deals with the goods they have brought here by donkey, zebu or even on their own heads. The effort to come up with all kinds of Djenné and surplus goods to sell is really huge for these people and can only be justified if it achieves good results, either in money or goods needed for family subsistence.