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The Bandiagara Escarpment (Arabic: منحدرات باندياغارا الصخرية, French: falaise de Bandiagara) is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country of Mali. It rises about 500 m (1,600 ft) above the lower sandy flats to the south, and has a length of approximately 150 km (90 mi).
The area of the escarpment is inhabited today by the Dogon people. Before the Dogon, the escarpment was inhabited by the Tellem and Toloy peoples. Many structures remain from the Tellem. The Bandiagara Escarpment was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1989.
The Cliffs of Bandiagara are a sandstone chain ranging from south to northeast over 200 km (120 mi) and extending to the Grandamia massif. The end of the massif is marked by the Hombori Tondo, Mali's highest peak at 1,155 m (3,789 ft). Because of its archaeological, ethnological and geological characteristics, the entire site is a point of interest.
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The BandiagaraEscarpment (Arabic: منحدرات باندياغارا الصخرية, French: falaise de Bandiagara) is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country of Mali. It rises...
bowl"—referring to the communal bowl meals are served in. Mainly on its BandiagaraEscarpment it has about 2,000 speakers of the vibrant Bangime language, an...
tourist attractions. The principal Dogon area is bisected by the BandiagaraEscarpment, a sandstone cliff of up to 500 metres (1,600 ft) high, stretching...
Escarpment Dogon is a continuum of Dogon dialects of the BandiagaraEscarpment, including the standard language. There are three principal dialects: Toro...
who inhabited the BandiagaraEscarpment in Mali between the 11th and 16th centuries CE. The Dogon people migrated to the escarpment region around the...
we see today is its third reconstruction, completed in 1907. The BandiagaraEscarpment is a sandstone cliff located in the Dogon Country of Mali. It is...
Degembere et non dans les falaises de Bandiagara" [The miracle occurred in Degembere and not in the BandiagaraEscarpment]. SenePlus. 2 February 2014. The...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
America. Bertho, J. (1953) 'La place des dialectes dogon de la falaise de Bandiagara parmi les autres groupes linguistiques de la zone soudanaise,' Bulletin...
The Dogon dialects of the western plains below the BandiagaraEscarpment in Mali are mutually intelligible. They are sometimes called the Kan Dogon because...
of Bandiagara in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali. The village is one of a group that are located at the top of the BandiagaraEscarpment. Communes...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
one of the plains languages spoken in Dogon villages outside the BandiagaraEscarpment (the cliffs that the Dogon ethnic group is usually associated with)...
Tellem Toloy Kurumba (people of Burkina Faso) Religion History BandiagaraEscarpment Dan Na Ambassagou Dogon history Sobane Da massacre Ogossagou massacre...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
the escarpment and the Seno-Gondo plain. In Mali, this historic region belongs to the Mopti Region and extends on either side of the Bandiagara Escarpment...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
Toloy is the name given to the first occupants of the BandiagaraEscarpment in Mali. Since the 15th century, this area has been known as Dogon country...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
that the Serpent Lebe guided the Dogon people from Mandé to the BandiagaraEscarpment (their current home) when they decided to migrate to flee Islamization...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
deities List of African deities and mythical figures Sacred places BandiagaraEscarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori...
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