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Painted houses, Tiebele Burkina Faso, June 1998
Photo ©1998 by L. Lee McIntyre


These are examples of the beautifully decorated adobe houses of the Gurunsi in southern Burkina Faso, just north of the border with Ghana. The village is named Tiebele and has become famous since 1987 as a tourist destination.







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