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Toloy is the name given to the first occupants identified from the Bandiagara Escarpment, in Mali, a region today known to be Dogon country. .

Their name comes from the rocky channel located near Sangha where the remains of this population were found such as granaries, skeletons remains, pottery and plants.

Carbon-14 dating date these remnants possibly of 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

The architecture of their granaries is quite specific to the area. They are formed of superimposed clay strands. This contrasts with the mud bricks used by the Tellem people occupying the Bandiagara cliff around the 11th and 16th century, or the dry stones covered with mud by the Dogons since 15th century.