Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) World Heritage Site

Official name

Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) | UNESCO

Country

Mali | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Bandiagara Circle, Mopti Region
14.3333° Lat, -3.4166° Lon | Map

Code

516

Time Zone

Africa/Bamako (GMT, +0000)

Current Time

Category

Mixed

Description

Inscribed 1989. The Bandiagara site is an outstanding landscape of cliffs and sandy plateaux with some beautiful architecture (houses, granaries, altars, sanctuaries and Togu Na , or communal meeting-places). Several age-old social traditions live on in the region (masks, feasts, rituals, and ceremonies involving ancestor worship). The geological, archaeological and ethnological interest, together with the landscape, make the Bandiagara plateau one of West Africa's most impressive sites.