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Mali,Dogon Country. A finely carved old Dogon door of a traditional house at Sangha,an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A finely carved old Dogon door of a traditional house at Sangha,an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A traditional Dogon house with a finely carved door at Sangha,an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A traditional Dogon house with its walls covered with fetishes at Sangha,an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Koundu. The attractive Dogon village of Koundu built among rocks beneath a sandstone cliff of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. Dwellings have flat roofs while the numerous granaries to store millet have pitched thatched roofs.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A scene near Sangha,an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The men's meeting house,or Toguna,is on the skyline.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. The typical Dogon village of Tereli situated among rocks at the base of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. Dwellings have flat roofs while granaries to store millet have pitched thatched roofs.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Banani. Part of the Dogon village of Banani situated at the foot of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The Dogon’s burial caves are sited in the almost inaccessible sheer sandstone cliffs behind the village. The caves were originally used by the Tellem who were driven out by the Dogon in the fifteenth century.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Banani. Attractive Dogon villages built among cliffs and rocks at the foot of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. Recent development has taken place on top of the escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country. The attractive Dogon village of Songho on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. Dwellings have flat roofs while the square granaries have pitched thatched roofs.
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Mali,Dogon Country. An attractive Dogon village on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. Dwellings have flat roofs while the square granaries have pitched thatched roofs.
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Mali,Dogon Country. An attractive Dogon village on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The toguna or men’s meeting house is the domed-shaped building on the skyline with dried grass on the roof. Dwellings have flat roofs while the square granaries have pitched thatched roofs.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Granaries at Tereli - a typical Dogon village at the base of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Koundu. A small settlement built among rocks near the Dogon village of Koundu. Dwellings have flat roofs while granaries to store millet have pitched thatched roofs. The Dogon are animists. The sacred earthen mound on the right with an ostrich egg on top is an altar used for sacrifices by the village hogon or priest to appease the ancestors and purify the village.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Banani. Burial caves of the Dogon near Banani in almost inaccessible sandstone cliffs of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The caves were originally used by the Tellem who were driven out by the Dogon in the fifteenth century.
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Mali,Dogon Country. Children gather at the entrance to Bongo tunnel which is a natural rock formation near Sangha,an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Sangha. A young man dressed in traditional Dogon attire. The unusual hat is peculiar to the Dogon people.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Sangha. A woman returns home from washing clothes in a nearby river with her child slung on her back and a large metal bowl on her head.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A decorated cave wall at the attractive Dogon village of Songho on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The circumcision of boys takes place here each year after which the initiates draw pictures or patterns of their choice on the wall using natural pigments.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the satimbe mask perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. This mask honours the primordial woman who is said to have discovered the original Dogon masks. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. The village elders of Tereli in traditional indigo dress wait for the start of a mask dance. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Koundu. The women of the Dogon village of Koundu pound their millet communally on a large flat rock near their village.
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Mali,Dogon Country. An old man operates a narrow loom at Songho,an attractive Dogon village on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. Mali is Africa’s second largest producer of cotton.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer wearing coconut shell breasts performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the buffalo mask performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the satimbe mask perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. This mask honours the primordial woman who is said to have discovered the original Dogon masks. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer wearing coconut shells as breasts performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer leaps high in the air at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer performs at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked stilt dancers wearing coconut shells as breasts rest on a high wall at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked stilt dancers wearing coconut shells as breasts perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked stilt dancers wearing coconut shells as breasts perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked stilt dancers wearing coconut shells as breasts perform at the Dogon village of Tereli. Tereli is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. The piercing eyes of a masked dancer wearing the fifteen-foot-high Sirige mask at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked dancers wearing the fifteen-foot-high Sirige mask and stilt dancers perform at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is staged at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A masked dancer wearing the fifteen-foot-high Sirige mask gyrates at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is performed at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Masked dancers leap in the air at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is performed at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. A mask dance at the Dogon village of Tereli which is situated among rocks at the base of the spectacular 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The mask dance is performed at funeral ceremonies to appease the dead and speed them on their way to the ancestral world.
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Mali,Dogon Country. An old man,prayer beads in hand,rests near the mosque at Songho.
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Mali,Timbuktu. The house where Major Alexander Gordon Laing stayed in 1826. He was the first European to reach Timbuktu but was murdered by Tuareg nomads two days after leaving the town after a month's stay.
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Mali,Dogon Country. Dogon women carry their farm produce to the small but popular weekly market at Tereli.
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A Dogon woman stands in the doorway of a traditional adobe house in the village of Ende
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Mali,Niger Inland Delta. A busy Bozo fishing village on the banks of the Niger River just north of Mopti.
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Mali,Timbuktu. The decorated double doors of an old Koranic school in Timbuktu. Since ancient times,Timbuktu has been a place of Islamic learning. There are numerous madrasa there to this day.
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An old entrance door to the 14th century Djingareiber Mosque - the Great Mosque - at Timbuktu.
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A typical house made of wood at the Zafimaniry village of Ifasina. The Zafimaniry are renowned for their woodwork and carving,as seen on the window shutters.
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Village of Banani, Sanga (Sangha) region, Bandiagara escarpment, Dogon region, Mali, Africa
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Houses and provision containers made of loam in ancient (19 century) village on mountain, Petit Pays Dogon, Dogon Country, Burkina Faso
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Market in front of the Djenee mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mali, West Africa
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Market in front of the Djenee mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mali, West Africa
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A grocery at Djenee, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mali, West Africa
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House of Djenee, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mali, West Africa
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Boy walking along the Sankore mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa
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Door of Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mali, West Africa
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Old men at the Case a Palabres (Court House) in Sangha. Dogon Country, Mali, West Africa
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Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Songho. A view of Songho village in 'Dogon Country' amidst the outlying cliffs of Bandiagara.
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Mali,Niger Inland Delta. At dusk,Bozo fishermen fish with nets in the Niger River just north of Mopti.
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Mali,Timbuktu. A Tuareg man at the window of house at Timbuktu.
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Mali,Mopti. Two old men entering the mosque at Mopti for prayers. This fine Sudan-style mosque was built in 1935 and recently repaired to its former condition.
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Mali,Mopti. The faithful being called to prayers in the fine Sudan-style mosque at Mopti which was built in 1935 and recently repaired to its former condition.
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Mali,Mopti. At sunset,a boatman in a pirogue ferries passengers across the Niger River to Mopti.
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Mali,Gao,Hombori. Two men pass by the imam's house at Hombori which is a traditional mud-brick structure in the Sudanese style of architecture.
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Mali,Mopti. A Bobo man beside his millet granary at a Bobo village near Mopti. The small community of Bobo people is Christian.
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Mali,Djenne. A distinctive mud-built Moroccan-style house at Djenne. Building is an art form in Djenne and the master masons or bareys are revered as artists.
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Looking out through a massive door of the Sankore mosque in the 16th Century part of the old city of Timbuktu designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988
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Looking out past a massive door of the Sankore mosque in the 16C part of the old city of Timbuktu designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988
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Dogon cliff houses and burial chambers, Irelli village, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bandiagara escarpment, Dogon area, Mali, Africa
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Street scene of town with smog in early morning, with pig and ducks, Gaoua, Poni Provnice, Burkina Faso
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Courtyard in village with reed bundles, chickens, and a bike, near Banfora, Comoe Province, Burkina Faso
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Reed bundles in front of house, near Banfora, Comoe Province, Burkina Faso
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Courtyard with houses in village with pig walking by, near Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso
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House with chicken in courtyard, near Gaoua, Poni Provnce, Burkina Faso
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House and provision huts with barrels, metal basins and a pig in yard, near Gaoua, Poni Provnice, Burkina Faso
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Mali,Niger Inland Delta. An attractive mosque built in Sudan-style architecture at a small village on the banks of the Niger River north of Mopti.
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Mali,Mopti. Two men chatting outside Mopti mosque after afternoon prayers. This fine Sudan-style mosque was built in 1935 and recently repaired to its former condition.
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Pirogues (Niger River water taxis) jostle to meet an incoming passenger ferry near the port of Mopti. The slender wooden canoes are the traditional craft for fishing and transporting passengers and livestock on the Niger.
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Boys at a medersa (islamic school) in Djenee. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mali, West Africa
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Man at the Djenee mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mali, West Africa
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A beautiful carved door of the Dogon Country. Mali, West Africa
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A decorated escarpment at the Dogon village of Songho. Magic symbols spread the wall where circumcision of boys takes place each year. Dogon Country, Mali, West Africa
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