The stone walls
With no mortar.
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Sukur Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on a hill above the village of Sukur in the Mandara Mountains of Adamawa State, close to the Cameroon border. It was Africa's first cultural landscape to join the World Heritage List, for its material culture and terraced fields. It combines a traditional village, stone walls and a wide mountain view. Iron Age relics have been found here in the form of furnaces, ore and grindstones, with some Neolithic finds. Its recent history goes back to the Dur dynasty of the 17th century, which made the area a major supplier of iron ore for north-east Nigeria until the early 20th century. Sukur means «vengeance» in the Margi and Libi languages. From the top of the path you see a wide view over valleys and hills at sunset. In the village are dry-stone walls with no mortar, stone-paved paths and the remains of the palace of the Hidi, the traditional chief. Terraced fields and old stone storage vessels surround it, with goats and sheep walking between the stone houses. It is about 62 km from Mubi in a straight line, and you climb on foot by a steep mountain path. Ask villagers before taking photos, as people live here. The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Adamawa State, so read the current advice before any planning.
With no mortar.
Stone remains.
At sunset.
Mandara Mountains, Adamawa State, Nigeria
For its material culture, terraced fields and the way of life on the hill.
Yes, the UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Adamawa State.