The Devoted Youth of Djenne

The Devoted Youth of Djenne / Les Fourmis de Djenné
Devoted Youth of Djenné is a documentary film which showcases youth committed to the communal activity that preserves a public cultural icon: The Grand Mosque of Djenné, which is both a religious symbol and the greatest existing example of Sub-Saharan Africa mud architecture.
This ten-minute short film shows the community of Djenné engaged in the many stages of the plastering of the mosque. This annual event shows the solidarity, coordinated tasks and unity of purpose that have preserved this repository of cultural heritage. The US Embassy in Mali provided funding assistance for the preparation of the clay, which must begin one month in advance of plastering, which allows the necessary fermentation of the clay.
Filmed during the annual plastering of the Grand Mosque of Djenné in April 2019, the documentary was directed by Mohamed Dayfour Diawara, with the assistance and support of young people from the city of Djenné.
Mohamed Diawara started out as a trainee in camera assistance, subtitling and editing with training by Instruments 4 Africa. This young graduate from the Balla Fasséké Kouyaté Conservatory, in turn, continues to train other young people in multi-media during the Instruments 4 Africa caravans organized and financed by the US State Department’s capacity -building programs.
Instruments for Africa has been actively involved in promoting Mali's cultural and artistic values for the past seven years through training, technical support, and the empowerment of young cultural players to make Mali’s various cultures/Malian culture a bulwark against conflicts and discrimination and violent extremism.
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[@nejatahmed6450]

i love you mali becuse of this your work from Ethiopia

[@meriammamasabangmatling6256]

Amazing! What a beautiful mosque built by the people.Cooperation and the will to work Excellent!

[@ultraali453]

Excellent documentary.

[@tariqbashir100]

MA SHA ALLAH

[@3nyx]

Im writting an essay on Djenne and this video has been a huge help

[@nejatahmed6450]

are you esol student

[@3nyx]

@@nejatahmed6450 architecture

[@Zhiivago]

Do you like brutalism? :)

[@kudokido5361]

no drugs no alcohol no night club .. only pure brotherhood in islam from every generation

[@maureencrawford2275]

Absolutely fascinating! Beautiful mosque design, and interesting festival enjoyed by the people to re-plaster the mosque each year. Some of the coolest dance moves I’ve ever seen!

[@samakounkamissoko3083]

Vive Djenne vive 🇲🇱

[@IbrahimKabay-d7x]

Masha ALLAH

[@nejatahmed6450]

you are lucky your built mosque

[@amberhines01]

That party at the end went harder than anything in America.

[@IbrahimKabay-d7x]

AMEEN

[@Microhydroelectricpowerplant]

I believe this is soul of islam unique tradition unique unity both side of male and female energetic work ...this is the real sharia of Mohammad( pbuh) absolutely unavailable .congratulations ....

[@rushazyzaki4034]

This people don't know much about Islam. What they are doing is extremely wrong.

[@Microhydroelectricpowerplant]

@@rushazyzaki4034 this is very old tradition started at the era of Mohammad pbah ..T that time all male and females perform prayer s one mosque at that time the mosque also made of mud .this mud culture is very old culture this dan s and happiness is real spirit of islam .After Mohammad pdah the muslim s broken his culture and went back to old quraesh tribe culture for his politics ..the sufi path of islam knows every thing whr whom broken the reality...

[@andiweinbender50415]

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤️🙏🌏🦋

[@khalidabdisemed4638]

They should have cut that part of party boys and girls 😔

[@Muzzammil_84]

Wallah yah !

[@badshatomabadsha3417]

subahan Allah

[@namancamara6563]

🇲🇱🇲🇱🇲🇱🇲🇱

[@jibraani10]

So sad doing all the work on the mosque for the sake of Allah swt and then and then at the end wasted all the good deeds for the sake of the devil so sad it would have been beautiful at the end do a quiz or a competition on who is the best Qur'an recitation etc etc may Allah SWT forgive them and us all

[@DogonChild]

What is devilish about this video?

[@itscominghome4152]

@DogonChild it's not the video but the party afterwards. Watch from 6:00-7:00 kids pretending to drink alcohol is delivish

[@um3201]

Astaghfirullah