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Prairie Dogon
The Dogon country is a beautiful region at the border between Mali and Burkina Faso. There is a meadow below the cliff of Bandiagara, right next to a river that is pretty green all year. There are not too many cultures there, and they valley people can eat the cattle. Still, there is very little food, and many go to work somewhere else because it takes more to live well. The region is being helped by international development funds, but if you look at the dunes in the background of the meadow, each day closer to the river, making it less arable land, and the possibilities of living there. The people are very friendly and nice.
The old men gather in the village center, below the "arbre a simple word," the tree of words. It is a low wooden building that provides shade to come sit and talk about the facts of the people, make decisions and simply get together. The young people spend time playing in the streets, but the very young ones have to work in the fields, and there are some that go to school, but as it is very far, not many can go because it is expensive and they would have to leave their family.
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