The infobox gives completion in 1421, tied to a legend about the trader Ayuba's dream. The infobox names Ayuba as architect, while the body describes him as a trader. The article calls the style Sudanic-Sahelian in the body and Sudanese in the infobox..
The mosque is about 26 feet (8 m) square and whitewashed, with a pyramidal tower forming the east facade as the mihrab and another in the northeast corner as the minaret. It has twelve buttresses reinforced with timber, described as bulbous in one place and conical in another. The infobox lists adobe, while the body says wattle and daub.
A 1970s cement plaster trapped moisture and let termites damage the wooden supports. A storm in September 2002 destroyed the mihrab and minaret, and the World Monuments Fund listed the site that year. The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board led a restoration. It is an active Sunni mosque and a pilgrimage site.
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