Culture of Mali

thumb|right|200px|Senegalese griot, 1890 thumb|200px|A Hausa people|Hausa griot performs at [[Diffa, Niger, playing a (Xalam).]]

hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa

thumb|right|200px|The Wassoulou region of West Africa

Manuscripts preserved in Timbuktu, Mali

thumb|Bògòlanfini fabric

form of Arabic script

national library

thumb|right|300px|Comparison of the four major styles of the Chiwara mask of the Bambara people of Mali. Clockwise from top left: abstract, Bougouni/southern region, vertical/Segu/northern region, and horizontal/Bamako/Northern region thumb|right|300px|Two Chiwara at the Art Institute of Chicago. Female (left) and male Vertical styles.

thumb|236x236px|A Tuareg man of the Bella caste The Ikelan (Éklan/Ikelan or Ibenheren in Tamasheq; Bouzou in Hausa; Bella in Songhai; singular Akli) are members within Tuareg society.

pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with Mali and its people

mosque in Niono, Ségou, Mali

biennial exhibition in Bamako, Mali

Festival in Mali.