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	www.myspace.com/djennmusic
		Originally formed in '96 as "Jenifer", the band recorded several Live-to-Dat tracks, and played several shows in the Los Angeles area before breaking up in '99.
		They reformed as "Djenn" in 2004, shifting from a darker, brooding tone, to a more particular sophistication, yet intentionally preserving the lo-fi quality of their recordings.
		In February, 2006, their long-time drummer left the band in pursuit of other musical interests, while the guitarist and vocalist remain, having recorded several previously unfinished tracks, such as "Demerol" and "I Can't Stand the Sight of You" and a few others to be found at their website, www.djenn.com
	www.myspace.com /djennmusic (460 words)

	Djenné People
		Djenné is the oldest known city in sub-Saharan Africa.
		Founded between 850 and 1200 A.D. by Soninke merchants, Djenn served as a trading post between the traders from the western and central Sudan and those from Guinea and was directly linked to the important trading city of Timbuktu, located 400 kilometers downstream on the Niger river.
		Historically, Djenn was known as a center of Islamic learning, attracting students from all over the region who were followers of the Moslem faith.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/Djenne.html (537 words)

	Djenné
		In the past, Djenn was a centre of trade and learning, and has been conquered a number of times since its founding in the thirteenth century.
		]] Djenné was founded in the 13th century, by the Nono, and was a dependancy of the Mali Empire, rivalling Timbuktu in its trade of gold, slaves and salt.
		It was part of the Bambara kingdom from 1670, and the city was captured by the Fulani ruler of Macina, Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo in 1818, in 1861 by al-Hajj 'Umar (the Tukolor Emperor), and by the French in 1893.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/d/dj/djenne.html (218 words)

	THISDAYonline
		The architecture of the mosque and of the old town dates to this time in the 15th and 16th centuries; the original mosque (rebuilt in 1907) was built in the 13th century by Djenn's first Islamic ruler.
		The health of the populations in Djenn and surrounding villages may deteriorate as irrigated wetland areas and stagnant reservoir water create ideal breeding grounds for organisms responsible for the spread of malaria, schistosomiasis, and bilharzias.
		Residents of Djenn are outspoken in resisting the dam, and the Mande Studies Association and the International Rivers Network have expressed concern.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2001/08/01/20010801art03.html (820 words)

	djenne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Djenn was an ancient trading city on the upper Niger delta, perhaps active from 8-9c.
		Traditional houses such as these were observed by the first Europeans to study Djenn in the 19c.
		Their structure is a mixture of rammed earth and cast bricks, and they are organized around a central courtyard.
	www.ar.utexas.edu /courses/glossary/building/djenne.html (169 words)

	DAM-L New dam in Mali will cause starvation and destroy ancient city/LS
		According to the US-based NGO, Cultural Survival, even backers of the multimillion dollar Talo Dam, the African Development Bank, on the River Bani, a tributary of the Niger, have concerns about the project, which the Malian government, a major stakeholder in Talo, is eager to start as soon as possible.
		The dam is being constructed to raise the level of the Bani River, upstream of the ancient city of Djenn?, sufficiently to feed irrigation networks covering regions that only 20-30 years ago lay in the flood plain of this arid subsistence nation and produced food.
		If the Bani had an ample supply, water sufficient to meet the needs of downstream farmers could be released during dry season, however as the Talo Dam, is proposed precisely because of the Bani?s dwindling water supply, the proposed sluice gate is unlikely to help at the height of the dry season.
	www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca /lists/html/dam-l/2001/msg00360.html (955 words)

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