Djénné, << jeh NAY >> (pop. 26,267), also spelled Jenne, is a small city in Mali. From the 1200’s to the 1700’s, it was one of the centers of Muslim civilization in West Africa.
Djénné was protected from military attack by high river waters during the rainy season and by a wall. Salt from desert mines and cloth, copper, and silver from north of the Sahara were traded in Djénné for gold, kola nuts, leather, and other products of regions south of the desert. Djénné had a school that was famous in the study of law, medicine, and Islam.
See also Sunni Ali.
