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Tellem ruins in cave, top of Bandiagara escarpment, near Sanga, Mali, June 1998 Photo ©1998 by L. Lee McIntyre |
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Tellem ruins in cave, top of Bandiagara escarpment, near Sanga, Mali, June 1998 Photo ©1998 by L. Lee McIntyre |
When the Dogon arrived in these cliffs in 1500 there were other people living here already. The Dogon call these people Tellem, and they claim that the ruins that can be seen in the rock shelters of the cliffs are the remains of Tellem communities or the tombs of deceased Tellem.