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Mali,Douentza. An old Bella woman with plaited hair in her village near Douentza. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Douentza. A Bella woman wearing gold jewellery in her village near Douentza. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Douentza. A Bella woman with braided hair wearing gold ear rings in her village near Douentza. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Douentza. A Bella woman in her village near Douentza. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Douentza. A Bella man wearing a turban and leather amulets. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Tupe,Niger Inland Delta. A woman with gold hair ornaments leaves the Niger River with a headload of cooking pots and utensils. Her facial markings and the light tattooing round her lips indicate that she is from the Peul tribe.
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Mali,Timbuktu. A Tuareg woman with attractive silver jewellery at her desert home,north of Timbuktu.
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Mali,Douentza. The hand of a Bella girl which has been decorated with henna and the finger nails painted silver. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Douentza. A cool dude! A Bella man wearing a turban and reflective sunglasses. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Douentza. A Bella man wearing a turban. The Bella are predominantly pastoral people and were once the slaves of the Tuareg of Northern Mali.
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Mali,Djenne. A Peul woman wearing a gold nose ornament at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
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Mali,Djenne. A young Fulani mother and child at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
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Mali,Tupe,Niger Inland Delta. A Songhay girl with an attractive beaded headband and small gold hair ornaments at Tupe,a small village on the banks of the Niger River between Mopti and Timbuktu.
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Mali,Timbuktu. Tuareg women sing and dance near their desert home,north of Timbuktu.
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Mali,Senossa. A Peul woman wearing fine gold earrings which will have been given to her as a gift from her husband on her wedding or sometimes inherited upon the death of her mother. The scar on her left check and the tattooing around her lips is typical of the Peul and Fulani women.
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Mali,Djenne. A Peul woman wearing large earrings at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
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Mali,Tupe,Niger Inland Delta. A Songhay girl with cowries attached to her attractively braided hair at Tupe,a small village on the banks of the Niger River between Mopti and Timbuktu.
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Mali,Timbuktu. An old woman walks through the sandy streets in Timbuktu.
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Mali,Mopti. A Fulani Woman wearing large 14-carat gold earrings. Kwottenai Kanye earrings are either a gift from her husband or inherited on the death of her mother. The top of each earring is bound with red wool or silk to protect the ear. The blades of the earrings are beautifully patterned.
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Mali,Mopti. A Fulani Woman wearing large 14-carat gold earrings. Kwottenai Kanye earrings are either a gift from her husband or inherited on the death of her mother. The top of each earring is bound with red wool or silk to protect the ear.
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Mali,Gao. A Songhay woman at Gao market with an elaborate coiffure typical of her tribe. The silver coins are old French francs and British West Africa coins dating back one hundred years.
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Mali,Mopti. A Fulani man wearing a traditional hat watches his cattle drink at a seasonal water hole. The Fulani are predominantly pastoral people scattered over many parts of West Africa.
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Mali,Mopti. A Fulani man wearing a traditional hat. The Fulani are predominantly pastoral people scattered over many parts of West Africa.
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Mali,Mopti. A Fulani man wearing a traditional hat. The Fulani are predominantly pastoral people scattered over many parts of West Africa.
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Mali,Djenne. A woman carrying her baby on her back walks through the narrow streets in Djenne. With a population of about 10,000,Djenne is an agricultural town situated on an island in the Niger Inland Delta.
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Mali,Djenne. A woman carries a basket of red chillies at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
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Mali,Segou. An old woman at Segou wearing a dress and matching headscarf.
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Mali,Bamako,Tinan. A Woman in colourful attire at the busy weekly market of Tinan situated between Bamako and Segou.
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Mali,Niger Inland Delta. An old man twisting polypropylene to make twine for fishing nets.
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Mali,Timbuktu. A group of Tuareg men and women sing and dance near their desert home,north of Timbuktu.
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Mali,Timbuktu. A group of Tuareg men and women sing and dance near their desert home,north of Timbuktu.
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Mali,Timbuktu. A woman drives her family’s goats through the dusty streets in Timbuktu.
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Mali,Timbuktu. A proud Tuareg rides his camel across semi-desert stony terrain near Timbuktu.
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Mali,Timbuktu. A proud Tuareg rides his camel across semi-desert stoney terrain near Timbuktu.
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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. 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. An old man,prayer beads in hand,rests near the mosque at Songho.
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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,Gao. A young Songhay girl at Gao market with a fetching modern hairstyle.
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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 Fulani man wearing a traditional hat takes home a goat that he bought in a weekly market. The Fulani are predominantly pastoral people scattered over many parts of West Africa.
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Mali,Senossa. A Peul woman with skeins of cotton yarn prepared from the long lengths she and others had spun round the walls of their home. Mali is Africa's second largest cotton producer.
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Mali,Djenne. Women selling cooked and dried fish at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
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Mali,Djenne. Women selling watermelons at Djenne market. The weekly Monday market is thronged by thousands of people and is one of the most colourful in West Africa.
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Mali,Segou,Kalabougou. Women admire a large selection of clay pots and vessels at a stall in Segou. The female potters at the nearby village of Kalabougou are renowned for their fine pottery.
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Mali,Timbuktu. In the desert north of Timbuktu,a Tuareg man rides his camel across a sand dune. He steers the animal with his feet.
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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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An old Pokot woman dancing during an Atelo ceremony. The cow horn container usually contains animal fat. Kenya
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An old Oromo woman wears a brass necklace and pendant, and a silver pendant made from a Maria Theresa thaler, an old silver coin minted in Austria, which was widely used as currency in northern Ethiopia and Arabia until the end of World War II. With a bright red headscarf, She was on her way to Senbete, an important weekly market close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift.
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An Oromo old woman wears a necklace and a pendant made from a Maria Theresa thaler, an old silver coin minted in Austria, which was widely used as currency in northern Ethiopia and Arabia until the end of World War II. She was on her way to Senbete, an important weekly market close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift.Afar nomads from the low lying arid regions of Eastern Ethiopia trek long
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An attractive woman at Bati market.Situated on top of the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, Bati is the largest open air market in Ethiopia.Nomads and their camels trek long distances every week from the harsh low lying deserts to barter with Amhara and Oromo farmers living in the fertile highlands.
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Tanzania, Zanzibar. An old woman at the front door of her home near Mangapwani.
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A young Pokot girl wears large necklaces made from the stems of sedge grass,which are then plastered with a mixture of animal fat and red ochre before being decorated with buttons and beads.
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A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typical of her tribe,she wears many layers of bead necklaces and a beaded headband.
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A Turkana woman sitting in the doorway of her hut. Her heavy mporro braided necklace identifies her as a married woman. Typical of her tribe,she wears many layers of bead necklaces and a beaded headband.
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An old Turkana woman,typically wearing many layers of bead necklaces and a series of hooped earrings with an pair of leaf-shaped earrings at the front.
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Mali,Niger Inland Delta. A Fulani man at Kotaka,a village on the banks of the Niger River.
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Mali,Niger Inland Delta. A Fulani man at Kotaka,a village on the banks of the Niger River.
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Mali,Timbuktu. In the desert north of Timbuktu,a Tuareg man rides his camel across a sand dune. He steers the animal with his feet.
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Mali,Timbuktu. In the desert north of Timbuktu,a Tuareg man rides his camel across a sand dune He steers the animal with his feet.
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An old entrance door to the 14th century Djingareiber Mosque - the Great Mosque - at Timbuktu.
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Mali,Mopti. A huge gathering of brilliantly dressed Muslim men pray to Allah at an open-air service to commemorate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This celebration is known as Idd el Fitr.
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Mali,Mopti. A huge gathering of brilliantly dressed Muslim men kneel to pray to Allah at an open-air service to commemorate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This celebration is known as Idd el Fitr.
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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. 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. 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,Sangha. A young man dressed in traditional Dogon attire. The unusual hat is peculiar to the Dogon people.
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Mali,Gao,Hombori. A young Songhay girl at Hombori with a fetching modern hairstyle.
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Mali,Senossa. Two Peul women prepare skeins of cotton yarn from the long lengths they had spun round the walls of their home. Mali is Africa's second largest cotton producer.
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Mali,Djenne Smartly dressed wedding guests at Djenne . With a population of about 10,000,Djenne is an agricultural town situated on an island in the Niger Inland Delta. Beautiful mud-brick buildings are a feature of this historic place.
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Mali,Djenne. The Great Mosque of Djenne - constructed in 1907 on the foundations of a 13th century mosque built by King Koy Konboro,the 26th ruler of Djenne. This very beautiful mosque is the largest mud structure in the world. The residents of the town turn out every year to undertake repairs.
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