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In a religion from this country, the first living being was created, then immediately split into four sets of twins. In a story from this modern-day (15[1])country, the universe began from the sound “Yo,” which created Faro, Teliko, and Pemba. A snake-shaped “great mask” representing a dead ancestor is used in a ceremony of one people from this country which takes place once every sixty years, and is called Sigi. One group from this country may have believed that “Masters of the Water” came from (*) Sirius. In this country, Abdel Kader Haidara saved 370,000 manuscripts, leading Joshua Hammer to dub him a “Bad-Ass Librarian.” The fish-like Nommo are beings from this country’s Dogon religion. (-5[1])Toron palm bundles jut from the sides of the largest adobe brick building in the world, a masjid in this country. For 10 points, name this country (10[1])home to the Great Mosque of Djenne and the Djinguereber Mosque of Timbuktu. (10[1])■END■

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