The Painted Shelters of Korien Hardanga (Ennedi, Chad) (original) (raw)

The southern slope of the Gribi Hill hosts a vast complex of eleven rock art sites. Korien Hardanga III, the largest cave in the hill, counts hundreds of painted human figures, mainly painted in the Fada style. Superimpositions of progressively more stylised figures added during the time without an apparent narrative intent suggest that the primary motivation for decorating the contiguous sites of Korien Hardanga lay in the desire to preserve the memory of the individual and collective identity.