Bandiagara is a city in the Malian "Dogon Country." Pronounced /Ban'yə'gar'ə/, the name translates roughly to "large eating bowl" -- referring to the communal bowl meals are served in. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Bandiagara is ESE of Mopti, some 63 km east of the Sévaré crossroads. It is home to several distinct, cohabiting ethnic groups, the Fulas, Dogons, Bambaras, Malinké. Administratively it is part of the Mopti Region. Mopti is a city at the confluence of the River Niger and the River Bani in Mali, between Timbuktu and Ségou. ... Sévaré (or Sevare) is a town in the Mopti Region of Mali. ... The Fula or Fulani is an ethnic group of people spread over many countries in West Africa, from Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Mali,Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Côte dIvoire, Niger, Togo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia, and as far as Sudan in the... The Dogon village of Banani. ... Bambara Mother figure, 15th-20th century The Bambara (Bamana in their own language, or sometimes Banmana) are a Mande people living in west Africa, primarily in Mali but also in Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal. ... The Malinké are an African Mandé ethnic group. ... Mopti is the 5th region of Mali. ...

History

Bandiagara is said to have been founded in 1770 by Nangabanu Tembély, a Dogon hunter.

In 1864, Tidiani Tall, El Hadj Umar Tall's nephew and successor, chose Bandiagara as capital of the Toucouleur empire. El Hadj Umar Tall, also Umar Tal,Umar Taal Umar Futi, al-Hajj Umar ibn Said Tal, or el-Hadj Omar ibn Said Tal, (ca. ... The Toucouleur Empire was founded in the nineteenth century by El Hadj Umar Tall of the Toucouleur people, in part of present-day Mali. ...

It is also Malian author Amadou Hampâté Bâ's place of birth. Amadou Hampâté Bâ (January or February 1900 or 1901 in Bandiagara, Mali – May 15, 1991 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) was a Malian writer and ethnologist. ...

See also

• Bandiagara Escarpment

The Bandiagara escarpment seen from the south The Bandiagara Escarpment is an escarpment in the Dogon country of Mali. ...

External links

• UNESCO site about the Cliff of Bandiagara
• Dogon Country

References

• This article was originally based on the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia, accessed April 9, 2005. Additional reference was made to this article on Dec. 14, 2006.

Coordinates: 14°21′N, 3°37′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...