This is the Bandigara Escarpment, in Mali. Although the cliffs have been inhabited since the 200s BCE, the present inhabitatants the Dogon have been in the rock-perched houses since the 1300s CE. The cliffs offer protection, cooler air, and a safe place to bury the dead. The valley below is prone to flash floods. This means building houses there, and burying dead there, is a risky proposition. The Dogon decided the risk was not worth it, and drove out the former inhabitants of the Bandigara Escarpment. Since the 1300s they have lived at Bandigara in relative peace.
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