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A member of the ground staff clears snow from a C-17 cargo aircraft at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, January 14, 2013. Britain is lending two C-17 aircraft for logistical support to France as it sends troops and military equipment to Mali. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)

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Senegal - Griot playing a Kora

Senegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal. Griots from most Mande groups in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau play the kora, which has featured on a number of western recordings in recent years. A Griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition, and is also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Dogon village of Banani with ancient Tellem dwellings underneath the Bandiagara Escarpment

Dogon village of Banani with ancient Tellem dwellings underneath the Bandiagara Escarpment, Dogon Country, Mali, Africa

© 2005 by Santiago Urquijo

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