Editing Sudano-Sahelian architecture (section)

== Conservation ==
Several outstanding examples of religious and secular Sudano-Sahelian architecture have been awarded [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] status. The historic centers of [[Djenné]], Mali and [[Agadez]], Niger were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1988<ref>{{cite web |url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/116 |title = Old Towns of Djenné |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 5 September 2021}}</ref> and 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1268 |title = Historic Centre of Agadez |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 5 September 2021}}</ref> respectively. In 2021, 8 small mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire exemplifying a special type of Volta Basin religious architecture were also inscribed on the World Heritage list.<ref name = "unescoCI">{{cite web |url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1648 |title = Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d'Ivoire |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 5 September 2021}}</ref> These mosques were probably originally constructed between the 17th and 19th centuries, as trade routes from the [[Empire of Mali]] spread to the south.<ref name = "unescoCI"/>