Larabanga

Larabanga is a village in northern Ghana famous for its ancient mud-and-stick mosque, one of the oldest in West Africa and built in the Sudanese architectural style with tapering buttresses and projecting timbers. The whitewashed structure, said to date back several centuries, is a pilgrimage site and a striking example of Sahelian religious building. Near the mosque lies a revered "mystic stone" wrapped in local legend. Serving as a gateway to nearby Mole National Park, the village draws travellers to the Muslim north.