And his beautiful wife.


We then met with the custodian of the old royal domain and now shrine to Bitòn Coulibaly.


And made the short walk through to the shrine in the middle of town.


The high red clay walls.


The village kids tagging along with us.


The interesting three-pronged key to unlock the front door.


In Bamanan cosmogony the number three represents a man and woman by the number four. Bitòn built the royal domain with seven connected rooms, representing the sum of these two numbers.


The seven rooms sheltered all the assemblies relating to the governance of his kingdom.


The grave of Bitòn Coulibaly in the courtyard outside.


Vont. We then continued our walk through Ségou-Koro.


Ibrahim buying some candy to give to the kids.


An ancient mud brick mosque on the riverbank of the Niger river.