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An old animist man smokes his pipe at the base of the falaise where the Dogons set the Benimato village February 4, 2007. The Dogon are traditional farmers and both men and women are very industrious, as work is a central feature of Dogon society. The U.N. estimates that due to rural depopulation, by the year 2030 over half of Africa's 700 million people will live in towns. Picture taken February 4, 2007. To match feature MALI-AGRICULTURE REUTERS/Florin Iorganda (MALI)