"There is an Africa unknown, far from the sea, not only made of desert and sun, but also of great architectural buildings, colorful markets of and ethnic groups as custodians of ancestral secrets and ancient knowledge of astronomy."

"In the South of the great loop formed by the Niger river lives,on a barren and sunny land one of the most enigmatic ethnic groups of the entire planet: the Dogon."

“Salt comes from the north The gold from the south The money from the white people But the word of God The wise things And nice stories Are only from Timbuktu”.