Tag Archives: Bani

• November 22, 2011 – 7:39 pm

  Pictures of the Week – the ports of Djenné

  The ports of Djenné (of which there are 17), particularly the one at Bambana, where pirogues from Timbuktu would tie up. More ports, Djenné and Mali pics on FrankFocus’ Photostream. Info (in Dutch) on our new project in Madagascar can be obtained here.

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  • onder: adobe, Bani, Djenne, Mali, mud, Niger, port, ports, river
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• November 7, 2011 – 9:21 pm

  Djenné – a mud filled town in B&W

  Djenné is an Urban Commune and town in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. The history of Djenné is closely linked with that of Timbuktu. Between the 15th and 17th centuries much of the trans-Saharan trade in goods such as salt, gold and slaves that moved in and out of Timbuktu passed through [...]

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  • onder: adobe, B&W, Bani, Djenne, Flickr, frankfocus, Mali, mosque, mud bricks, Niger
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• November 24, 2009 – 11:36 pm

  Teriya Bugu – een paradijs in Mali

  Hoewel nieuwssites als AfrikaNieuws hun uiterste best doen om een positief verhaal uit Afrika te brengen, zijn het toch nog steeds de hongersnoden, oorlogen en corrupte overheden die het onderwerp van het gros van de berichten in de conventionele media bepalen, en aldus het beeld vormen dat de meeste Europeanen van het continent en haar [...]

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  • onder: Bani, duurzaam toerisme, Mali, Niger, Père Bernard, Teriya Bugu
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