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Mali

Visited in November 2000 on my six-week West African trip, which began in The Gambia and took me through Senegal, Burkina Faso and Ghana. I visited Bamako and followed the Niger River to Djenne and Sevare, where I visited Dogon country.


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Tambacounda to Bamako
Bamako to Sevare
Dogon Country
Djenne
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Travel Notes

Bamako 1
Bamako 2


Photos

Bamako & Segou
Dogon Country
Djenne


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Dogon Country Photo Gallery

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Mac's Refuge in Sevare. Joanna, Mac and myself recovered from our illness. Mud-brick building in Bandigara.
Local traffic along the main street, Bandigara The road from Sevare to Bandigara. Baobab tree growing alongside the track from Bandigara to Sanga.
Water lilies growing on a lake on the Dogon plateau. Lake on the high rocky Dogon plateau. Rooftop view of mud-brick buildings in Sanga.
View from the top of the Escarpment, Falaise de Bandigara. Trail leading down the escarpment to the village of Banani. Granaries in Dogon village.
A Toguna in Banani, a shelter used by the village elders to hold discussions. The village of Banani at the foot of the Escarpment. Traditional Dogon buildings.
Typical Dogon village scene. Women pounding millet in the fields. Dogon rock art.



Further Reading
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Dogon: Africa's People of the Cliffs by Walter E A van Beek and Stephanie Hollyman Dogon: People of the Cliffs by Agnes Pateaux The Cruelest Journey: Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu by Kira Salak
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