& Mali - Travel Video. Globe Trekker Video.

To
the south of the Sahara Desert lie the three former French Colonies of
Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin. Together they form some of the most
challenging traveling terrain in Africa. It is where dominant
cultures meet, creating abundant cultural vibrancy.
Traveler Justine Shapiro's journey begins in Benin, once notorious
as the slave coast of Africa. After experiencing Voodoo culture she
travels north to Natitingou and the remote Somba valleys. She then
crosses the border into Burkina Faso where she heads northeast from
Ouagadougou into the desert.
She ends her journey in Mali trekking
through spectacular Dogon country and finally to the legendary Timbuktu.
Along the Way--
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Attend a voodoo sacrificial
ceremony.
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Go shopping at a fetish market.
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Take in a movie with the locals.
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Watch the spectacular camel races
of the nomadic Tuareg
tribe.
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Visit some of the region's
renowned mud architecture.