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Cattle drink water from Lake Wegnia, in Sahel region of Koulikoro

Cattle drink water from Lake Wegnia, in Sahel region of Koulikoro, Mali November 23, 2019. Picture taken November 23, 2019. REUTERS/Arouna Sissoko - RC2IJD9OWJTU

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Senegal - Griot playing a Kora

Senegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal. Griots from most Mande groups in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau play the kora, which has featured on a number of western recordings in recent years. A Griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition, and is also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. Date: circa 1910s

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Girl from Mali with wonderful beads and headdress

Young Soninke Girl from Mali wearing wonderful beads and beaded headdress. The Soninke (also called Sarakole, Seraculeh, or Serahuli) are a Mande people who descend from the Bafour and are closely related to the Imraguen of Mauritania. Date: circa 1930

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