Nakore Mosque

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Nakore Mosque, located southwest of Wa in Ghana's Upper West Region, is a historic mosque built in the Sudanese architectural style around the 17th century. It features timber-frame-supported mud construction, two pyramidal towers, and irregular shaped buttresses with pinnacles. The mosque serves as a prayer ground for locals and a pilgrimage site for the Muslim community. It reflects the spread of Islam via trade routes and has cultural and religious significance, showcasing traditional Sudano-Sahelian mosque architecture prevalent in northern Ghana.

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