PhotoEssay » 10 World Heritage Sites in West African to Visit Before You Die

The World Heritage List includes 962 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. West Africa is home to many incredible sites. Here are our top picks: 10. Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba in Togo The Koutammakou landscape in north-eastern Togo, which extends into neighbouring Benin, is home to the Batammariba whose remarkable mud tower-houses (Takienta) have come to be...