Benin: the houses of Batammariba that inspired Le Corbusier
The story by our traveller Massimo Bocale
In the province of Natitingou, in northwestern Benin, the plain ends abruptly at the foot of the Atakora, the mountains that mark the border with Togo. In this part of Africa, which remined isolated for a long time, live the Batammariba or Tamberma as they are called in Togo, known until a few...