Viaggiare In Africa

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Daniele D'Oria

a woman sitting next to a wall with an animal mask on her head and flowers in her hand

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Africa | “Baba Ichanga” wearing traditional gelede mask and holding a baby, evoking the ancestors, his generation and the most recent one. Sanga village, Ketou, Benin | ©Caption and image David Paul Carr

an outdoor area with rocks and grass in the foreground, there is a small hut on top of it

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Ruins

Nature

Architectural History

photography by Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher

Africa | Toguna Meetinghouse. Mali | The Toguna house, decorated with relief carvings of ritual dance masks, is the meeting place for male elders. Its thick thatch provides a cool resting-place for the Dogon elders, protecting them from the head of the midday sun. ©Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher. 1994, Publication "African Ceremonies":

a woman walking down a cobblestone street next to tall wooden poles and buildings

Streets of Harar

Harar.Ethiopia

a cliff side with some buildings built into it

Cliff dwellings on the Bandiagara escarpment in the Sahel region, Dogon country of Mali. There are dozens of villages along the cliff. The UNESCO World Heritage Site has been occupied since the 14th century. by Ferdinand Reus

a large black and white pot sitting on top of a dirt ground

Cultural Architecture

Vernacular Architecture

Thatched Roof

Pin by StudioAmaranthine on Crafts around the world | African design, African art, Vernacular architecture

a woman is walking through an archway in the desert

Traditional Architecture

Porte nubiane - La tradizione di decorare le case risale agli anni '20 e risponde ...

Africa | Traditional Nubian archway in Dongola, Sudan | Photographer unknown

there are many pieces of cloth hanging on the clothes line outside an adobe - style building

Primitive Architecture

bogolanfini or, mud cloth – that beautiful textile from Mali dyed and woven by hand using a traditional, very labor-intensive process

an unusual building with spikes on it's sides

Old Mosque

Interesting Buildings

Grand Mosque

Africa Art

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Africa | Old mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso. Burkina Faso | © Johan Gerrits

two women in colorful clothing walking with a camel on a dirt road next to a stone building

Eritrea (Eric Lafforgue)

an unusual building made out of pipes and wires

The Bobo-Dioulasso Mud Mosque, Burkina Faso.

The Bobo-Dioulasso Mud Mosque, Burkina Faso. Built using mud and tree trunks, the latter of which are replaced every few years. Photo and Description by Gavin Chapman

a man wearing a mask and holding an apple in his hand while standing next to a rock wall

Dogon dancer shaking a musical calabas

Dogon dancer shaking a musical calabas, in Tirelli, Mopti, Mali ~ by Raphael Bick

an african hut with two large pots on the ground next to rocks and grass roof

Burkina Faso Foto & Immagini su fotocommunity

Africa | Sirigu Village, Ghana | ©Mirko Tikalsky

two people sitting on the side of a building made out of wooden sticks and nails

Islamic Architecture

Timbuktu Mali

Place Of Worship

Timbuktu

Adobe mosque in Mali, Timbuktu. Timbuktu was founded by the Tuareg Imashagan in the 11th century on the edge of the Sahara Desert.

World Cultures

Kind Photo

Kids Around The World

People Around The World

Silvia Patricia Balaguer