Gourounsi Land

Fatimata Ly reports from Gourounsi Land in Burkina Faso:

Not far from Pô is located the famous city of Tiébélé composed of spectacular semi-circular shaped traditional houses. In Tiébélé like in Pô, the facades are decorated with black, white and brown geometric signs and symbols. The black is obtained from graphite, the white from kaolin and the brown is a mixture of earthy tones and nere (Parkia Biglobosa) also used to colorize and seal ceramics. The regular patterns symbolize the culture, the history of the Kassena community part of the Gourounsi people.