area around it, and the cultures of the area's
inhabitants from these links!
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Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa. You can locate it on a political map of Africa.
Information on Mali's geography, population, government, and economy.
A brief
introduction to the Niger River and the Middle Niger Region,
including the port towns,
Jenné and Timbuktu, and the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliffs to
the east of the Niger.
Take a look at Jenné's sister city 500 km down the Niger:
Timbuktu
A
thumbnail history of Timbuktu.
Is it possible that there are people who prefer living in the
Sahara and being constantly in search of water to
settled life in a city or town? Amazingly, yes. They are
nomads
by choice.
Insights into African nomads and their architecture as well as an example from Mali's Tuareg camel-herders.
The houses of the Dogon cling to the cliifs of the Bandiagara Escarpment, just 100 km east of the Inland Niger Delta.