Tradition
Balafon music
A gourd-resonated xylophone played across West Africa, the balafon carries Mandinka and neighbouring communities' voices through wood, gourds…
Region
Mali
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Bandiagara Escarpment — Cliff Dwellings and Living Dogon Culture
A 150-kilometre sandstone cliff rising from the Sahel plain of central Mali, the Bandiagara Escarpment preserves the cliff…
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Djenné-Djenno
Djenné-Djeno is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mali's Niger River Valley, one of West Africa's oldest urban…
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Djenné-Djeno — The Oldest Known City in Sub-Saharan Africa – Virtual Tour 360°
Three kilometres south of modern Djenné, a low mound rises from the floodplain of the Bani River —…
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Great Mosque of Djenné – Virtual Tour 360°
The world's largest adobe brick building and a masterpiece of Sudano-Sahelian architecture, this 1907 mosque anchors the historic…
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Land of the Dogon
Cliff villages, granaries and Tellem burial caves line Mali's Bandiagara Escarpment, home to the Dogon people and their…
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Old Towns of Djenné – Virtual Tour 360°
Four archaeological sites in Mali documenting centuries of settlement and urbanism in the Niger River delta, inscribed as…
Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral: a Romanesque-Byzantine landmark still untouched by the security crisis reshaping its capital
A Bamako, capitale del Mali, la missione cattolica di Kati acquisì il terreno nel 1907 e vi costruì…
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Timbuktu – Virtual Tour 360°
Timbuktu's three medieval mud-brick mosques and its archives of hand-copied manuscripts recall its centuries as a Saharan crossroads…
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