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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Travel Report

Tambacounda to Bamako
Bamako to Sevare
Dogon Country
Djenne
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Travel Notes

Bamako 1
Bamako 2

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Photos

Bamako & Segou
Dogon Country
Djenne

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Djenne Photo Gallery

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Ferry across the river Bani to Djenne.	The Grand Mosque of Djenne.	Main steps leading up to the Grand Mosque.
Doorway in the Grand Mosque.	The Grand Mosque viewed from the market square.	Entrance into the daily small market.
Fish for sale in the small market.	Stalls in the small market.	Street scene in Djenne.
Rooftop view across Djenne to the Grand Mosque.	Street scene, Djenne.	Traditional mud-brick architecture.
Rim of a funeral urn and remains of bone at Jenne-Jeno.	Rows of funeral urns and broken pottery at Jenne-Jeno.	Remains of mud-brick building at Jenne-Jeno.

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