The mosques and places of remembrance in Senegal from the Omarian movement testify to the spread of Islam in Senegal with a whole social and religious life organize around these buildings.
The hybrid Sudano-Sahelian architecture is a typical example of crossbreeding between traditional know-how and Arab-Muslim influences in a well-defined period.
Elhadji Omar, propagator of the faith and fighter, has traveled to all regions of Senegal and several West African countries for the cause of Islam. He created an empire and fought the colonizer. Its memories, through these numerous mosques, fortifications, and other places of worship remain forever engraved in West African landscapes and bear witness to their exceptional universal value. The Omarian Alwar Mosque for instance is located in Alwar, in northern Senegal, located near Podor, not far from the Senegal River, is a small village built by El Hadj Omar himself and therefore detains a special interest.
The Omarian Mosques and other remembrance places in Senegal hold a great historical value as they are witnesses to the spread of Islam in West Africa.
