Tellem burial caves in the Bandiagara cliffs in central Mali. The Tellems were driven out by the Dogons, who took over the caves 700 years ago.

Mali’s Dogon Country can feel like a deliciously African evocation of the remote. ... too, has an otherworldly quality, clinging to the Bandiagara Escarpment as if an extension of the rock itself.

[Hollyman S. and Van Beek W., 2001: Dogon, Africa's People of the Cliffs. Harry N Abrams, Inc.]. During his trip to Mali, Elisofon visited the Dogon people in Sanga (Sangha), a group of thirteen ...

Some three decades ago I became aware of the Dogon people through a book called “Conversations with Ogotemmelli,” by Marcel Griaule. For me, this interesting culture always symbolized the great ...

The village at the foot of the Bandiagara escarpment is approximately one kilometer long and is divided by a steep-walled gorge accessible only by foot. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon ...

The Bandiagara Escarpment is as spectacular as I remembered it. The home of the Dogon people, with many villages clinging to cliffs, is one of the most magnificent landscapes in West Africa.