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These images are a record of my trip to Mali in 2003 with Point-Afrique (www.point-afrique.com).
Girl with goats, Ségou Fishing, Ségou Pottery market, Ségou Pottery market, Ségou Rue de la Corniche, Ségou Hairdresser's shop, Ségou Dogon granaries, near Djenné River crossing near Djenné Windows, Djenné Team photo: Catherine, Iris, Erwan, Léo, Brian and Matthieu, with Agnès in the front Grand mosque, Djenné, with truck Grand mosque, Djenné Detail of Grand mosque, Djenné Detail of Grand mosque, Djenné Typical street in Djenné House in Djenné At the bogolan shop, Djenné Nana Wangara's well, Djenné House, Djenné The road to the Bandiagara escarpment. Quite a good road by Malian standards.
Flat tyre in the Dogon country The Bandiagara escarpment from on high A Dogon village in the plain Léo tries not to get wet and fails Our first tropical storm, when it was still a novelty Indelou, a Dogon village, after the rain The hike begins through the millet fields Descent of the cliff Descent continues Abandoned Tellem cliff village Bogolan craftsman, Endé Flowers, Endé The Ogon in his shrine, near Endé The jaws of the sacrificed, Dogon shrine, near Endé Crossing a stream, near Endé OK, you try wearing the same t-shirt for three days when hiking in 40-degree heat, and you'll be grungy too!
I'm sitting by the mosque in the Dogon village of Téli.
Dogon women pounding millet, Téli Jaws and skulls of the sacrificed Cliff village Ceiling
Mosque, Kana Kandelé Boats, Mopti Fish market, Mopti Wiring, Mopti Seller of bracelets and trinkets, Mopti Our pinasse, and home for three days along the river Niger Youvarou, a lakeside town Dead babyfoot, Youvarou Children, Youvarou Malian car-wash, Youvarou Empty though not abandoned fishing village; the nomadic fishermen will be back Dunes above the Hellmouth.
As night fell, roughly several ZILLION mosquitoes attacked. This proved to be MOSQUITO HELL without a doubt.
(The actual name of the Hellmouth is Lake Télé!)
Larking about on the Hellmouth Beetle tracks in the dune Going to market at Bintagoungou, near Timbuktu (Tombouctou) The market at Bintagoungou The market at Bintagoungou The market at Bintagoungou Poetry of the desert A well, near Timbuktu
A sandperson Catherine on a camel, Timbuktu Djingarey Ber (Djingareiber) mosque, Timbuktu Inside the Djingarey Ber mosque Minaret, Djingarey Ber mosque Alexander Gordon Laing's house, Timbuktu The little girl who lives there now Sankoré mosque, Timbuktu Timbuktu FC Main street, Timbuktu Sandstorm Night falls, bringing trepidation. What will it bring? Rain, sand, or mosquitoes? Independence day fun and games, Ansongo And finally, Matthieu and the turtle! All photos (c) 2003 Andrew Gilham
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