He took this bird’s-eye-view photograph in the mid-1930s during his fourth visit to the Dogon, a secretive people who carved their homes out of the sandstone Bandiagara cliffs of modern-day Mali.

The Tellem inhabited the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali. The Dogon people migrated to the escarpment region around the 14th century. Being pygmies, the Tellem or "small red people" built dwellings ...

The Bandiagara Escarpment offers spectacular landscapes and the opportunity to learn about the culture of the Dogon, one of Africa's most fascinating ethnic groups. Mopti, known as the "Venice of ...