In the swirling stone face of the escarpment, Yehene pointed out to us pockets where homes had been carved out and decorated with elaborately fashioned dark hard-wood doors. The doors , Yehene told us, were displayed as works of art in homes around the world. In centuries past, the cliff had provided refuge for the Dogon from slave hunters. Now it further served as a Dogon burial ground.

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